Show me your Atlanta Falcons stuff! (LOL)

[Falcon]

I rarely post here, but have learned a great deal about the hobby from this forum...and while I'm sure only a couple if any people on this forum really care about the Falcons, it was suggested to me by a friend that posting some of my VERY modest collection might be a great way to let others know what kinds of things I look for in hopes that you'd contact me if you ever come across these types of items for sale.

1: Autographed Michael Vick helmet used during "Ohana Day" at the 2006 Pro Bowl.

2: Game Used autographed Michael Vick jersey and pants. Thanks to Radtke.

3: Team issued autographed Roddy White jersey, Game used Ashley Lelie jersey, Game used Michael Jenkins jersey.

[Falcon]

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4: Game used autographed Ashley Lelie shoes.

5: Game used autographed Michael Turner shoes from 2011 Pro Bowl.

6: Not game used, but one of my favorites. Retail authentic helmet signed by all nine 2011 Falcons Pro Bowlers, plus Coach Mike Smith.

[Falcon]

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7: Team issued autographed Michael Vick jersey.

[Falcon]

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Always looking for unique and current game used Atlanta Falcons items.
Email me at kyle@excessivecelebrations.com

[JackHE]

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Really like those cleats !! I will try to post some of my items soon as well.

Jack E

[pacman2680]

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Michael Vick Game Issued Rookie Jersey.

[Falcon]

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Hey Mark Hayne! Would love to see just a fraction of your collection! Would love to see that UAB Roddy jersey!

[Shipp_96]

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Any Brent Grimes items, please let me know. Thanks!

[dcgreg25]

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Here is my only Falcons jersey. Mark Hayne was nice enough to sell it to me for my Notre Dame collection.

[Number9]

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Mark Hayne is The Man! A real asset to the hobby and the human race!

[G1X]

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Thanks for the kind words. I am a huge Falcons fan and have been collecting their jerseys for many years. My goal has been to get a home and road jersey from every season with no particular preference on the players.

The Falcons were one of the first teams to apply year tags as they have been doing this for the most part since the mid-1970s (one of the few teams doing so in the 1970s and '80s), so it makes it a bit easier to identify the exact year. However, like most teams, they were/are norotious for "recycling" jerseys in subsequent seasons. Also, the lack of a year tag shouldn't cause panic as not all Falcons jerseys contain year tags (1996 jerseys did not have a year tag), and many of the tags washed out of the 1970s and '80s jerseys.

I didn't know where to start with photos, so I tried to put together various jerseys to give a taste of the various styles worn over the years. If anyone ever needs help with Falcons jerseys or needs to know when various changes were made to their jerseys, please never hesitate to ask.

Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
gixc@verizon.net

Always looking for Falcons, WFL, and AFL/NFL durene jerseys, and Willie McGee and Darren Lewis game-used items.

1967 DURENE - ONE-YEAR STYLE WITH WHITE BIRD LOGOS (#72-Don Talbert)


EARLY 1970s DURENE OF SAFETY RAY BROWN


EARLY 1970s DURENE OF CB KEN REAVES (ORIGINAL FALCON)


1970s MESH JERSEYS - GERMANY IS RARE 3/4 LENGTH SLEEVE MESH JERSEY


1980s JERSEYS - NOTE THE VARIOUS STRIPE DESIGNS & LOCATION OF BIRD LOGOS ON SLEEVES


VARIOUS MEMORIAL & ANNIVERSARY PATCHES AND SUPER BOWL PATCH


THROWBACK JERSEY WORN BY LANCE ZENO IN 1994 HALL OF FAME GAME VS SAN DIEGO


VARIOUS YEAR TAGS


3 ALL-TIME FAVORITE FALCONS RECEIVERS - STILL NEED ALFRED JENKINS - CAN ANYONE HELP?


RODDY WHITE'S UAB (MY ALMA MATER) JERSEY FROM HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR IN 2002 - HAS LEGION FIELD PATCH ON FRONT LEFT SHOULDER

[Shipp_96]

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WOW !!! That is a beautiful and yet AWESOME collection thru time! I have always had a soft spot for the Falcons. My first "team" as a child, in our midget football league, were of course called the Falcons. Well, we wanted to be different, so we asked the coach if we could have the actual logos on our helmet we saw on TV (I was raised in Western Pennsylvania).

So, right before the season started, there was a package from none other than the Atlanta Falcons, with a letter from the equipment manager. Inside the box were unpeeled, brand new authentic logos! As a bonus, there were signed black and white glossy photos of Steve Bartkowski and William Andrews for the entire team!!

I may have been raised a die hard Steelers fan, but I always root for the Falcons when they are on (and not playing Pittsburgh).

[G1X]

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Here are a few more Falcons jersey photos showing various year tags, Rankin Smith Memorial patch worn in 1997 (founding owner), and a few various styles. Note the different Russell tagging on the two red jerseys with the 1983 year tag. This was a "transition" year for Russell where they switched the style/shape of the tag (from gold/brown lettering and gold eagle "R" to the red and blue lettering and eagle "R").

The red #64 (Andy Mauer) is another long-sleeve durene in my collection. I saved one of the greatest Falcons for last - Jessie Tuggle. This jersey is from the Falcons 1998 Super Bowl season. Had Tuggle played for a contender and not toiled on many awful Atlanta teams, I am convinced that he would be in the Hall of Fame. This guy was a tackling machine!

Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
gixc@verizon.net

Always looking for Falcons, WFL, and AFL/NFL durene jerseys, and Willie McGee and Darren Lewis game-used items.

[Falcon]

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Mark: AMAZING set of jerseys! All I can say is wow! Thanks for posting that Roddy UAB jersey. He's been a favorite of mine ever since I saw him play in the Hawaii Bowl here. Great jersey! Did you see the throwback Roddy jersey pop up at the Super Bowl Hunt auction? I think it went for $1,800. BTW, thanks again for the Vick and Jenkins jerseys!

[G1X]

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Kyle,

Hope you are enjoying those two jerseys. The Michael Jenkins is especially nice.

I saw the Roddy White black throwback jersey in the Hunt Auction. That's the only style that I don't have (throwback) of his. I would love to have one, but it got way outside of my budget rather quickly.

My quest at this point is to find an Alfred Jenkins jersey!

Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
gixc@verizon.net

Always looking for Falcons, WFL, and AFL/NFL durene jerseys, and Willie McGee and Darren Lewis game-used items.