need help with Howie Long Raiders jersey nameplate(photo inside)

[Blitzmaster]

Lelands has this jersey and I am interested in it BUT the nameplate is my question. I have searched everything I can find including watching some old NFL films but cannot find Howie wearing this style. Has anyone ever seen him wearing this type namplate or have any photos. Any help would be reatly appreciated, Chris

[nyjetsfan14]

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Let's take it one step further...has anybody ever seen ANY NFL player use a full first and last name NOB? In all my years of watching/researching football I have never seen it - well except the XFL's "He Hate Me." Usually if there are multiple players on the roster with the same last name the go with first initials. I'd be interested to hear any variations/deviations from that.

[ironmanfan]

Re: need help with Howie Long Raiders jersey nameplate(photo inside)

Jack Youngblood (Rams) had both first and last name on his jersey's for some time

[nyjetsfan14]

Re: need help with Howie Long Raiders jersey nameplate(photo inside)

Jack Youngblood (Rams) had both first and last name on his jersey's for some time

Good call ironmanfan! Now that I think about it his brother as well, Joel Youngblood. In those cases the first name was above the last I believe.

[Nathan]

Re: need help with Howie Long Raiders jersey nameplate(photo inside)

Let's take it one step further...has anybody ever seen ANY NFL player use a full first and last name NOB? In all my years of watching/researching football I have never seen it - well except the XFL's "He Hate Me." Usually if there are multiple players on the roster with the same last name the go with first initials. I'd be interested to hear any variations/deviations from that.

I think Ricky Williams in his rookie year had the full name.

The NFL rule is/was that if two players have the same last name, they both have to have the first initial on their. If multiple players have the same last name and the first initial, then the first two letters of the first name have to be on there. If the first two letters of the first name are the same, both have to have the full first and last name.

[ironmanfan]

Re: need help with Howie Long Raiders jersey nameplate(photo inside)

Good call ironmanfan! Now that I think about it his brother as well, Joel Youngblood. In those cases the first name was above the last I believe.

I think you mean Jim Youngblood as Joel was the baseball player

[Eric]

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According to the Raiders alltime roster, Howie Long is the only regular season player with the last name Long.

That said, it doesn't mean that there couldn't have been another H. Long in preseason

http://www.raiders.com/Common/Article.aspx?id=10570

[Eric]

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Our friends at UniWatch have chronicled the FNOB (Full Name On Back) phenomenon

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/?p=678

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/10/26/fnob-revisited/

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2007/11/16/fnob-round-three/

As far as I could tell, no mention of Howie Long
Eric

[Eric]

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what do people know about the Taveggia & Brusati tag above the Sand Knit tag?

http://www.lelands.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=93703#

[Eric]

Re: need help with Howie Long Raiders jersey nameplate(photo inside)

this lester hayes jersey dated to 1980 has the same style medalist tag, but an exclusive Oakland Raiders tag

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:tiyjr3zJCg4J:www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auction_Item.asp%3FAuction_ID%3D15107+medalist+%22sand+knit%22+tag+raiders&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=safari

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: need help with Howie Long Raiders jersey nameplate(photo inside)

what do people know about the Taveggia & Brusati tag above the Sand Knit tag?
http://www.lelands.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=93703#

Taveggia & Brusati of San Rafael, CA was a distributor of Raiders jerseys in the mid to late 80s. I owned a couple at one time.

[nyjetsfan14]

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I think you mean Jim Youngblood as Joel was the baseball player

You are of course correct my good man, Jim Youngblood it was. Thanks for the correction. great link Eric, I had no idea there were that many players...what a unique area it would be to collect FNOB jerseys! I have already learned a lot from this thread, neat stuff.

[nyjetsfan14]

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Did anyone ever come to any conclusion on whether or not this was actually a jersey that Long wore in a game?