A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Mr. Goalie. Glenn Hall began his Hall of Fame NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings and finished it with the St. Louis Blues, yet he will forever be identified with the Chicago Black Hawks. A key member of the 1961 Stanley Cup champions, Hall appeared in 502 consecutive games, an all-time record for goalies that will never be threatened. Hall won the Vezina Trophy in 1962-63. He shared another with Denis DeJordy in 1966-67, his final season in Chicago, before collaborating with Jacques Plante for his third and final Vezina with the Blues. Offered here is Hall's white dureen Black Hawks jersey dating from his final two seasons in the Windy City before he was snapped up by St. Louis in the 1967 expansion draft. This historic gamer features the Hawks' distinctive embroidered logo crest as it was modified prior to the 1965-66 season sewn onto the front and crossed tomahawk logos on both shoulders. The #1 retired by the team in Hall's honor is sewn on the back and both sleeves in simple black twill, again in a style that was used during Hall's final two seasons in Chicago. The jersey's black and red v-neck collar was also adopted by the Black Hawks in 1965-66, replacing the tie-down neck that preceded it. Gunzo's Sports Center tagging in the neck is intact with frayed left and right edges. A size 50 fly tag remains in place at the bottom. A wash faded laundry instruction tag is sewn into the inner left hem. Great game use here with dried bloodstains among the general soiling throughout, and numerous unrepaired holes. Named to the NHL First All-Star Team seven times during his illustrious career, Hall was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975. This sensational Glenn Hall Black Hawks gamer was originally obtained by Don Biernat, who has signed a letter of provenance stating that he acquired it while assembling the collection of the Inter City Sports Museum of Chicago.
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