Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
Known by his nicknames "K-Mart" and "The Old Bear", Kevin Martin has won pretty much all one can in the sport of curling including an Olympic gold medal on home soil in 2010, a world champion in 2008 and multiple Brier's, the annual Canadian men's curling championship. The record holder for most victories at the Winter Olympic Games with twenty (20), Martin served as a major influence in the development of the sport of curling, establishing the competitive tier in the sport and setting the groundwork for the management of curling teams and the creation of high-level competitive curling events. Named the greatest Canadian male skip in the country's curling history in a 2019 poll by TSN, offered here is this Team Canada training jacket and sweatshirt worn by Martin as a member of Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia where he led Canada to gold over Norway. Both made by Mondetta, the official uniform supplier to the Canadian Curling Association, size "XL" labeling is present over the interior of each collar. Starting with the jacket, a midweight garment in white with "Mondetta" heat pressed over the right breast and the Canadian Olympic Committee logo in matching left over the left breast, "Martin" as well as "Canada" and a maple leaf logo are found over the reverse. With a pair of pockets present over the front, the jacket remains in overall excellent condition with just some light marks/staining throughout the body and sleeves from use that is worth mentioning for accuracy. For the sweatshirt, a lightweight material offering in a quarter-zip style, the same graphics/logos plus "Martin" are found over the front and reverse while additional Canada graphics are found over the sleeves and underarms as well. In overall excellent condition with only a couple of light marks throughout to speak of, the piece has been enhanced further by the fact that the reverse has been signed by Martin as well as fellow Team Canada members John Morris, Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert with black marker ink signatures that display without issue. Both hailing from Martin's personal collection, his signed LOA will accompany the lot.
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