Show Me your NFL stuff

[hockeytigers]

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Here is one of my latest...


A Throwback Broncos that has been on ebay forever that I would look at every time I turned ebay on...finally got it at a good price!

These are very cool in person and it is one of my new favorites...

[hockeytigers]

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Here is one of my latest...


A Throwback Broncos that has been on ebay forever that I would look at every time I turned ebay on...finally got it at a good price!

These are very cool in person and it is one of my new favorites...I acquired the white one last year so now I have the set.

[solarlottry]

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Here are a few additions to the collection from NY to SF where i met 2 great fans of game used gear. In NY my friend is really a BB collector but had a # of 49ers for sale that had been in his collection for 16 years. This was the first time that they had been out of storage since.

In SF my good buddy has been a 49ers fan for his entire life, has been to all 5 super bowls and knew both Chico Norton and Bronco well. He had the largest collection of 49ers gamers in the world. It spans 1946 to 1993. It was a real treat to see all the 50s shirts including the original shirts that the 1994 throwbacks were based on.

Ebay has also been somewhat kind to me in that i was able to win a Tim Mckyer 80s Russell, a 1994 TB Brent Jones shirt with team letter and a Cedrick Wilson 2002 MNF TB with team letter.

Here are some pics:

[solarlottry]

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How about Dwight Hicks and his HOT LICKS!!!

All mid to late 1980s Russell gamers with a generic 49ers team letter. All have repairs and show good game use. I know of no other 49ers collection that has the entire backfield for the dynasty teams of the 80s.

[solarlottry]

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1994 was my favorite 49er team. I lived in SF for many years through the thrill of the 1988-1989 SB wins but also thru the devastating 1990 loss in the NFC championship game. 1994 was my redemption. I am trying to complete the roster which is obviously a tough task with the common players being hard to find. Plus those shirts are quite popular so many collectors are not willing to part with them. Here are a few nice ones. Most show great use with multiple repairs except that the stars like Rice, Young and Deion all wore a new shirt each game. The entire team wore new shirts for each playoff game so those shirts show minor one game use.

Always buying ANY 49er shirt with team letter!
Feel free to email me at any time at: garciajones@yahoo.com
Happy Holidays
Paul

[solarlottry]

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A few others including a Mike Walter who was a beast of a linebacker in his day. What is interesting about this shirt is that it is the ONLY 49ers Russell that i have found that does NOT have the "100% NYLON" flag tag. My fellow collector and me looked thru literally a hundred shirts and this was the only one without the tag. Auction houses always have big name players (i.e. Montana, Rice, Young) Russell shirts without the flag tag. I dont know what to make of it but for a big name /money purchase like Montana i would think that any Russell shirt of his should have the flag tag.

The Walter shirt is destroyed with many repairs, hits etc and the Mckyer has custom sleeves. Last is a Jeff Stover with tons of use/repairs etc.

[sox83cubs84]

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Solar:

If I recall correctly (and maybe Mark Hayne or another football specialist can confirm or deny my recollections), the style of Russell tag that the Walter has sans fabric content tag indicates 1983-85 or so manufacture. The tag design was introduced in 1983, and previous Russell tag styles did not come with a nylon/polyester tag, making the above make at least chronological sense. If that's accurate, that would make this a 1984-85 gamer. I'm open to any additional comments, as I'm sure solar is.

Dave Miedema

[solarlottry]

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Solar:

If I recall correctly (and maybe Mark Hayne or another football specialist can confirm or deny my recollections), the style of Russell tag that the Walter has sans fabric content tag indicates 1983-85 or so manufacture. The tag design was introduced in 1983, and previous Russell tag styles did not come with a nylon/polyester tag, making the above make at least chronological sense. If that's accurate, that would make this a 1984-85 gamer. I'm open to any additional comments, as I'm sure solar is.

Dave Miedema

Dave i do recollect that Mark or another expert has gone over this in another thread a few years ago. My point is that in many past auctions there are some high end gamers especially Montana, Rice or Young that dont have the flag tag. For Montana the shirt would have to be from 1984 as they wore Wilson till 1983 and Russell until 1989. I think that all the Russell gamers from 1985 and thereafter had the tag. So any Rice or Young without the tag would be suspect. Obviously teams re-use shirts over the years but after looking over two huge collections of 49ers Russell gamers and this being the ONLY one without the tag it would be a very rare shirt indeed for either a Rice or Young to be a Russell gamer without the flag tag. Montana maybe another story as they could have used a 1984 shirt over and over. With any football jersey though there are ALWAYS crazy variations as we have seen many times on GUU. I think it is just another example of needing to do ones homework when buying ANY game used jersey. I bought this Mike Walter for this very reason. I like oddities and something like a missing tag or a tag variation is fascinating to me.

Another interesting shirt i just got was from Mark Hayne. It is a 1994 throwback home Marc Logan. It started as a 1994 home non throwback but the sleeve numbers were removed and the front and back numbers were also removed. The team then added the throwback numbers to the front and back. When you examine the shirt the outline of the sleeve numbers is plainly visible as are parts of the old non throwback numbers on the shirt itself. Very cool as basically the 49ers used their non throwbacks to make the throwback shirts for some players. Shirts like that i find fascinating and are a great addition to my collection. I also have a Steve Young where the 1996 50th year patch outline is plainly visible but the shirt was used in the 1st game of 1997. Strange that the starting QB would be wearing a 1996 shirt with patch removed for the start of the next season. Again another example of what makes this hobby interesting and keeps good collectors on their toes. Both of the above shirts could have been written off as fakes but with a little research and photomatching they are authentic and, to me, more special.

Always buying 49ers gamers!
Paul
garciajones@yahoo.com

[sox83cubs84]

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Solar:

Very good points on virtually all fronts. The 1994 situation would make sense, as I think the Niners, at one point during the season, pretty much shelved their standard home and road styles and wore the Throwback designs as their regular styles. For a non-star to have his jersey altered thusly by the team would be well within reason.

Dave Miedema

[braylenMV7]

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[Mulligans]

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Absolutely love the vick! Is it GU?

Jeff

[braylenMV7]

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Yup all game used. If he doesn't sign another exclusive ill be able to get all his stuff next season too.

[TriplexXxSports]

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Yup all game used. If he doesn't sign another exclusive ill be able to get all his stuff next season too.

That's some sweet stuff there man. Congrats on moving in on a very desired market!

Nice stuff, for sure.

[G1X]

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Happy New Year to all!

In response to the exchange between Dave Miedema and Paul (Solarlottry) regarding the 100% nylon flag tag on Russell jerseys (posts 952 and 953), I agree with their assessments. Based on research I have performed on this subject over the years, the tag design being discussed was first introduced in 1983 (although the previous style was also still in use in 1983), and the 100% nylon flag tag first appeared on that tag design circa 1985.

Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
gixc@verizon.net

Always buying WFL uniforms, Atlanta Falcons jerseys (especially pre-1990s), NFL/AFL durene jerseys, and Willie McGee and Darren Lewis equipment.

[solarlottry]

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Here are a few more nice pickups!

Marc Logan 94 throwback which was first a non TB which had its original sleeve and front/rear #s removed and replaced by the throwback #s. This was fairly common with the 94 throwbacks as the team used many non-throwbacks to convert to throwbacks as they wore the throwbacks for every game after the Eagles loss.

Ricky Watters 94 home throwback worn in the NFC Championship game with team letter. For the playoffs the team wore a new shirt for each game so this shirt shows good single game use.

Watters 94 nonTB worn against the Eagles in the blowout loss which turned the season around. Nice use with multiple repairs as probably worn in preseason and thru the Eagles game. Team letter included.

Jerry Rice event worn jersey for launch of Madden 2010 for the flag football game with NFL COA.