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04-28-2013, 09:52 PM #1
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Re: primer on Wilson tagging - 60s to 90s
BrianK
I have never seen that particular type of Wilson tag until one popped up on eBay and another in a recent MEARS Auction. There as another thread somewhere that may have addressed that specific tag but I cannot recall what the outcome was.
The issue with this tag is that the 49ers wore Russell through the 1989 season and switched to Wilson in 1990. One possibility would be that the team wanted to evaluate the Wilson jersey during the 1989 season and thus had a handful of the shirts for use. If you scroll back in this thread though, the 1988-89 Wilson tagging is not consistent with the image you provided.
I have seen a number of Russell 49er gamers that were worn during the late 80s that were used in the early 90s. This was common with DL and OL gamers as the players did not want to give up their Russell shirts. I have several examples of Russell 49er gamers with the NFL shield sewn on, which would indicate a 1988 or 1989 jersey being used in 1991.
As for theparticular Wilson tag you posted, if anyone else can chime in that would be great.
Always buying 49er game worn jerseys and paying a finders fee.
Paul
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04-28-2013, 10:03 PM #2
Re: primer on Wilson tagging - 60s to 90s
This style of tag must be pretty scarce.... I also noticed the incorrect punctuation in the phrase: Brand of the Pro's
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04-29-2013, 01:17 AM #3
Re: primer on Wilson tagging - 60s to 90s
Anthony,
Like you, I also thought this use of an apostrophe was incorrect. However, when "Pro" is used as an abbreviation for "Professional", a use of an apostrophe to show the plural version of "Pro's" is correct. Believe me, the butchering of the apostrophe by our fellow forum members has inspired hours of research.
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04-29-2013, 02:28 AM #4
Re: primer on Wilson tagging - 60s to 90s
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05-22-2014, 04:06 PM #5
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Re: primer on Wilson tagging - 60s to 90s
I believe the logic behind the ' usage is that it's replacing the "fessional" part of the word in abbreviation. It's similar to the usage of gov't for government.
Back to the thread itself, though, given the educational value of this thread was primarily from the tagging shown in the first post (images of which are no longer in the post), could someone please attempt to reconstruct the tagging primer?
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01-19-2015, 09:39 AM #6
Wilson Tagging Anomaly
R.J. Hinners
Always looking for Don Mattingly and other Yankees' game-used items and quality memorabilia.
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02-17-2015, 07:15 PM #7
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Re: primer on Wilson tagging - 60s to 90s
Does there happen to be a primer with an example of a Wilson tag that is on the neck?
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04-06-2018, 07:42 PM #8
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The Wilson tag I just posted is a design used in 1998 and 1999 gamers that utilized tail tagging, basically limited to Braves home gamers and all 3 White Sox styles (the Chisox ordered unis from both Wilson and Russell those 2 seasons).
Dave Miedema
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04-06-2018, 07:40 PM #9
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