Steelers GU jersey help - does this look legit?

[hrvatwill]

Re: Steelers GU jersey help - does this look legit?

@ Go Steelers,

By all means, please post pictures of the real game worn jerseys that you have in your collection. Thanks!

[b.heagy]

Re: Steelers GU jersey help - does this look legit?

+1 - Big Steelers fan. Would love to see some pics of your collection.

[orioles03]

Re: Steelers GU jersey help - does this look legit?

go ravens

[Go Steelers]

Re: Steelers GU jersey help - does this look legit?

Steelers 1992 and 1995 Team/Game issued jersey pics. 1992-1993 Starter also made commercial jerseys, same quality & construction as game jerseys without earlier listed differences, they used the same 1992 Starter Mfg Tag with the exception of it being a smaller tag than the actual Game/Team Issued jerseys.

[Go Steelers]

Re: Steelers GU jersey help - does this look legit?

Steelers Starter Game/Team Issued (1996 ONLY) jersey. This one is an actual GAME WORN Rod Woodson from his 1996 Season.

[Go Steelers]

Re: Steelers GU jersey help - does this look legit?

Some more information for novice collectors on Steelers Jersey's:

1) Photo match jerseys using Game Photos (Getty Images great resource www.gettyimages.com), Steelers Team Yearbooks (Remember the pictures for that years yearbook are from the previous 1 or 2 seasons (Example: 1996 yearbook has 1995 and some 1994 pictures of players).

STUDY photo closeup details on: sleeves, shoulders, collars, patches, nametapes, numbers, Mfg tagging (when jersey is pulled out of pants), jersey length, placement of numbers, size of numbers, placement of name tape - letters, style and size of letters, etc.

2) 1987 - 2000 (MacGregor Sandknit, Starter & Nike jerseys) Most Steelers game/team issued jerseys have shortened sleeves, either hemmed up or cuffed shorter, normally excluding the lowest sleeve stripe. QB, Kicker, Punter usually left sleeves full length and open cuffed from 1987 - 2000.

3) Look at the way the shoulder material is sewn in. MacGregor Sand Knit also made commercial jerseys in the 1980s, the jersey lengths, jersey tagging and way the shoulder areas are made help seperate the real jerseys from the authentics.

There are a few other small but telling items about real Steelers Game Worn Team Issued jerseys that will be kept in private to prevent those crooks who take quality commercially sold jerseys and fake them into looking like real gamers to rip off honest collectors. JERSEY LENGTH IS A GREAT INDICATOR of a commercially made jersey as apposed to a true Game/Team issued jersey.

DO YOUR REASEARCH, DONT GET BURNED. GOOD LUCK COLLECTING.