1977 Don Kessinger White Sox jersey

[zrickkid]

I'm new to the forum so hello. My name is Ricky I go by zrickkid on this forum. I recently acquired this White Sox road jersey. I'm assuming it was from 1977 b

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ecause Don wore this number for one season and that was 1977. It is a thicker material. Not the mesh type. It is a Rawlings jersey and is size 42. Now I know Don wore size 40 earlier in his career so I'm assuming 42 is not out of range as he got older. The question I have is that the numeral font is a little more squared off than any other Sox shirt I have seen. So my question is that being said is this a game or team issued jersey. Any help would be appreciated.

[zrickkid]

Here is a pic of the back

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Pic of the front

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Here is a pic of the front

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Rawlings tag

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Inside

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Inside front

[sox83cubs84]

I'm new to the forum so hello. My name is Ricky I go by zrickkid on this forum. I recently acquired this White Sox road jersey. I'm assuming it was from 1977 b

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ecause Don wore this number for one season and that was 1977. It is a thicker material. Not the mesh type. It is a Rawlings jersey and is size 42. Now I know Don wore size 40 earlier in his career so I'm assuming 42 is not out of range as he got older. The question I have is that the numeral font is a little more squared off than any other Sox shirt I have seen. So my question is that being said is this a game or team issued jersey. Any help would be appreciated.

Unless I saw it as a game photo, I'd not accept that number font as being proper. It looks like someone grabbed a 1976 jersey for this piece, as most '77s and '78's were flag tagged in the collar, but very few '76's were. Being on a shoestring budget, the Sox used the '76 unies with some degree of frequency in '77 and '78, also.

Dave Miedema

[Southsidesox]

Jersey looks "off". Letters and numbers look too large on both front and back, and the length of the jersey looks too short.