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01-20-2010, 10:29 AM #1
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Help with Wilbert Montgomery Jesrsy
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-Philadelph...item335939021e
Thanks
Rob
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01-21-2010, 10:03 AM #2
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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
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01-21-2010, 03:39 PM #3
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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
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01-21-2010, 10:07 PM #4
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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
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01-21-2010, 10:16 PM #5
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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