Help with Wilbert Montgomery Jesrsy

[Rob]

Any thoughts on this Jersey? The pictures are not so clear and it does not have a nameplate. Was it a common practice to remove the nameplates?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1980s-Philadelphia-Eagles-Game-Used-Jersey-Montgomery_W0QQitemZ220540240414QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335939021e

Thanks


Rob

[cohibasmoker]

Re: Help with Wilbert Montgomery Jesrsy

The Eagles had extra jerseys of all of the players and the removal of nameplates was NOT that uncommon. I spoke to a couple of equipment guys during this era and they told me that the team was often asked for jerseys by Charities and for special events. If a jersey was indeed donated, the nameplate would be removed because the team owned the jersey and NOT the NOB.

Jim

flaa1a@comcast.net

[sox83cubs84]

Re: Help with Wilbert Montgomery Jesrsy

Given Wilbert's time with the Eagles (1977-84) and the mainstream use of that Russell tag design (1977/8-83), it would almost certainly at least have been made for Montgomery. And, as Jim mentioned, the removal of the NOB is not terribly unusual in that era.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[Rob]

Re: Help with Wilbert Montgomery Jesrsy

Thanks for the replies. It appears to me that Wilbert had his sleeves cut for game use. This is the Ebay picture. I found one picture that may show the sleeves not cut.

EBAY


Normal sleeves?



The others show cut sleeves.








Rob

[Rob]

Re: Help with Wilbert Montgomery Jesrsy

The interesting thing with my prior post is that Wilbert has two gloves in one photo, 1 glove in another and no gloves in the third.

Rob