A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
The product of one of the World Hockey Association's 12 original teams, the San Diego Mariners franchise covered a lot of road before they took the ice for their inaugural season. The Mariners went through three different incarnations over the rebel league's first two seasons before the team landed on the shores of the Pacific Ocean for the 1974-75 campaign. The franchise began play as the New York Raiders in 1972-73. New ownership rebranded the team as the New York Golden Blades the following season, an incarnation that lasted just 20 games before the financially troubled team finished out the schedule as the New Jersey Knights. The Knights adopted the same orange, blue and white color scheme used by the Raiders, and this Mariners game jersey from the team's first season in San Diego is likely recycled from the franchise's first two seasons, as evidenced by the Gerry Cosby tagging in the neck. This tie-down #1 Mariners gamer also has laundry instruction and size 50 tags sewn into the neck and a garter-style fight strap. The "Weber" surname on the back does not correspond to any known player, though glue residue offers evidence of a prior name removal, possibly 1973-74 Knights goalie Jim McLeod. Great wear on this orange dureen gamer, a unique piece of WHA history any way you slice it.
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