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I don't see much if any Danny boy in here so thought I would post this even though it's college. A photo has proven very elusive, Marino supposedly only wore tearaways in his freshman year and there are few photos of any Pitt road games that season, plus he split time with Rick Trocano making for even less opportunity for photos, and on top of that this particular style has been difficult to style match for any player at all. Heat-pressed numerals, different font than normally seen on Pitt, very distinctive "1" shape, same size numerals front and back, no sleeve numbers.
In fact the road version with the unique "1" font is likely the single toughest style match of all the many variations of Pitt jerseys from 1973-83 or so, some of which went 7 or 8 years between issues (such as the one Marino wore in the 82 opener against North Carolina, with the reversed sleeve stripes showing that jersey was likely recycled from 1974 or 1975).
It's been a frustrating search because when this jersey first popped up several years ago I distinctly remembered seeing it when I was a kid, and I thought I remembered Marino wearing it.
However there is a photo-op shot of Marino wearing a blue version of this style on Getty (image 158372317). And, recently I did finally find a shot of another player wearing a road version in an actual game, ironically with Marino in the photo as well (Gator Bowl, sophomore year). So at least my memory of the style is vindicated though a style match of Marino wearing it in a game or at least on the sideline with Trocano playing is likely still a long way off.
I don't see much if any Danny boy in here so thought I would post this even though it's college. A photo has proven very elusive, Marino supposedly only wore tearaways in his freshman year and there are few photos of any Pitt road games that season, plus he split time with Rick Trocano making for even less opportunity for photos, and on top of that this particular style has been difficult to style match for any player at all. Heat-pressed numerals, different font than normally seen on Pitt, very distinctive "1" shape, same size numerals front and back, no sleeve numbers.
In fact the road version with the unique "1" font is likely the single toughest style match of all the many variations of Pitt jerseys from 1973-83 or so, some of which went 7 or 8 years between issues (such as the one Marino wore in the 82 opener against North Carolina, with the reversed sleeve stripes showing that jersey was likely recycled from 1974 or 1975).
It's been a frustrating search because when this jersey first popped up several years ago I distinctly remembered seeing it when I was a kid, and I thought I remembered Marino wearing it.
However there is a photo-op shot of Marino wearing a blue version of this style on Getty (image 158372317). And, recently I did finally find a shot of another player wearing a road version in an actual game, ironically with Marino in the photo as well (Gator Bowl, sophomore year). So at least my memory of the style is vindicated though a style match of Marino wearing it in a game or at least on the sideline with Trocano playing is likely still a long way off.
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