Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2015
The late Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion was a key component of the Montreal Canadiens dynasty that won the Stanley Cup six times in the 1950s, including a record five in a row from 1956-60. Boom, the second player to score 50 goals in the NHL, passed away the day his jersey No. 5 was retired by the Montreal Canadiens in 2006. Offered here is the deceased HOFer’s photo-matched Montreal Canadiens game-worn wool jersey. The matches on this fascinating Habs gamer are to a circa 1954 action photo of Geoffrion that clearly show the placement and specifics of the white on blue double felt No. 5 sewn on the back, as well as the team repair closest to the stitching lines of the elbow gusset on the rear portion of the blue stripe on the right sleeve. This game-worn wool jersey with Raymond Sporting Goods tagging in the back of the neck was obtained at the Montreal Forum in the early-1960s with the added alternate “A” on the left breast and the No. 5 on each sleeve that were added at some point after Geoffrion wore it for the Habs. In addition to the spectacular and now-retired No. 5 sewn on the back with zig-zag stitching through the middle of the white felt, this awesome Geoffrion game-worn sweater displays its wondrous original CH crest sewn on the front in red, white and blue triple-felt. We count two more team repairs on the right sleeve’s blue stripe, extensive red thread sewing repairs clustered on the back of the lower right sleeve, three more team repairs on the left sleeve, and a pair of team repairs on the white and blue stripes on the right rear tail. There are two more sewing repairs on the right front which has a few of the unrepaired holes throughout the jersey that do not diminish its display.
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