AMI Dan Marino

[Eric]

On Marino's right arm, I count two aqua and one orange stripe. Are my eyes playing tricks on me?

[genius]

It's tough to tell. Looking at his right sleeve, going from right to left, I see a green stripe, then a thin white stripe, then a middle green stripe which looks like it might have orange on each side of it, then another thin white stripe, then another green stripe where the sleeve is cut.

[Eric]

I think the sleeves are similar to another jersey Marino wore in 1994

[genius]

That could be because the orange and green stripes are touching, eliminating some of the white space between them. I see two distinct small white lines on the right sleeve and a hint of orange in there. The auction jersey's right sleeve has the orange and green stripes touching.

[mvandor]

Was a Joe Malinconico the Dolphins equipment manager in those days? A Google search turns up nothing NFL related on this name.

[G1X]

Gentlemen,

One thing to keep in mind is that even if it is concluded that Marino did not wear the full sleeve stripe pattern of 3 aqua stripes and two orange stripes (that do not connect) in the Vikings game, he could have worn a different jersey in the 9/18/94 game against the Jet that had the full stripe pattern. If I were interested in the jersey, I would need to closely review game footage from both games to observe the sleeve stripes on Marino's jerseys. If anyone out there has either of these games on tape or a Dolphins' 1994 season highlight tape, please take a look and let us know.

Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
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