OT: Game Used Oddities....

[LEGEND33]

Re: OT: Game Used Oddities....KAREEM WHO ?

I found this pic in my basketball library, is dated late 70...no player used # 50 from 70 to 1982-83 (Steve Mix) so probably an extra team jersey

[Vikingshelmetguy]

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Finally found a photo of NHL goalie Roland Melanson playing for the Minnesota North Stars (in 1984) where he was wearing a green and gold North Stars uniform, yet he was wearing orange and blue colored pads and using an orange and blue goalie stick which were the colors of his former team, the New York Islanders.

I posted this photo, and somehow it is not showing up.... Here it is again:

[Vikingshelmetguy]

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Finally found a photo of NHL goalie Roland Melanson playing for the Minnesota North Stars (in 1984) where he was wearing a green and gold North Stars uniform, yet he was wearing orange and blue colored pads and using an orange and blue goalie stick which were the colors of his former team, the New York Islanders.

[Vikingshelmetguy]

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Randy Moss originally wore #18 on his jersey during the pre-season of his Rookie year with the Vikings, before he switched to his famous #84. Similarly, Duante Culpepper wore #12 on his jersey during the pre-season of his Rookie year with the Vikings, before he switched to his famous #11 (I think because #11 made him look more slender).

[sox83cubs84]

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I have an 86' St. Louis Cardinals jersey worn by Lance Smith with his full name on the back. I'm assuming the pic of Leonard Smith is from the same season. Wonder why they didn't stop after La? and Le?

That reminds me of the Bears a few years ago, with two T Johnsons...the NOBs were full names (Tank Johnson and Todd Johnson).

Dave M.
Chicago area

[both-teams-played-hard]

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I can't believe no one posted this before me.

Michael Jordan wearing #12.

I can't remember the story behind it exactly, but I think Jordan's jersey was lost or stolen.

I have a perfect photo from this game from a Orlando Sentinel photog (need to scan it). My mom was at this game, and I also have some "mom-quality" photos. The jersey was stolen before the game from the locker room; obviously an inside job. The equipment manager walked through the crowd looking for an authentic replica. They were all too small. MJ wore an extra number 12 that the EM carried for such a circumstance.

[5kRunner]

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I can't believe no one posted this before me.

Michael Jordan wearing #12.

I can't remember the story behind it exactly, but I think Jordan's jersey was lost or stolen.

[cohibasmoker]

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Here's a Jets game in 1965 - looks like none of the Jets players had Logos on their helmets. I guess the team had to do what they needed to do to get the team outfitted.

Jim

[Vikingshelmetguy]

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Every once in a while in the NHL, a goalie will be traded from one team to another mid-way through the season. As modern-day NHL goalies customize the color scheme of their pads/masks/equipment to match the team jersey/uniform colors, this often creates a problem when a goalie is playing for one team and then is suddenly traded to a new team and forced to play for that new team just a few days later... I can remember a few instances, such as when Roland Melanson was traded mid-season from the New York Islanders to the Minnesota North Stars in 1984 (couldn't find any photos of him from that time, but I remember him wearing Islanders blue/orange colored pads with his green/gold North Stars jersey). This happened again in 1989 when New York Islanders goalie Kelly Hrudey was traded mid-season from the New York Islanders to the Los Angeles Kings. See photos below of Kelly Hrudey wearing his New York Islanders pads and gloves, while wearing his new L.A. Kings jersey.

[aeneas01]

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btw great stuff guys! i especially like zorn sporting #12, the nba shots and the decal-less jets helmet!

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[aeneas01]

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aeneas01, do you have any other (or larger) pictures of the Packers in the blue coats?

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[mfsquirrelmaster]

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I have an 86' St. Louis Cardinals jersey worn by Lance Smith with his full name on the back. I'm assuming the pic of Leonard Smith is from the same season. Wonder why they didn't stop after La? and Le?

[BorchertField]

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aeneas01, do you have any other (or larger) pictures of the Packers in the blue coats?

[cordovacollector]

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OK, I know this doesn't really fit but it is late and I am getting a bit slap happy.

My uncle was widowed in his 80s - then remarried. The write-up in the local newspaper said they were married at "the Untied Lutheran Church in Frost, MN." (It was at United Lutheran.)

Nothing more newsworthy and wild than a bunch of "untied Lutherans!!!"

[Vikingshelmetguy]

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One of my fave's - Adam Riggs of the Angees!

Reminds me so much of that classic Snickers comercial where the groundskeeper paints "Chefs" in the end-zone instead of "Chiefs"