A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
This is the whole kit and kaboodle of Peter Dalla Riva's football equipment from the final season of his Hall of Fame career with the Montreal Alouettes in 1981. Dalla Riva's dark blue helmet, a royal blue practice jersey, his Wilson shoulder pads, a pair of white Riddell cleats, a black, square-toed Ridell kicker's right shoe, a set of white Alouettes pants with a red and blue stripe, a red canvas belt, various foam pads, a mesh bag with PDR heat pressed in red vinyl letters, a weathered white Alouettes/Sport O'Keefe banner, a red and white tuque with No. 74 stitched in white on the front, three huge safety pins and two vintage equipment bags from the Alouettes and the Montreal Concordes make up this remarkable lot. The fantastic Als uniform pants have a Medalist Sand-Knit laundry tag sewn inside the fly with "36" and "L" fly tags sewn beneath it. No. 74 is written in red marker to the right on the waistband and the blue practice jersey has its original Rawlings size XL tag sewn on the bottom right front of the hem. The heat pressed white vinyl No. 74s on the front and back are cracked and flaked and the shoulders of the jersey exhibit nice friction burns and scuffs. The white Wilson shoulder pads have No. 74 written inside in red marker and also appear on a sticker on the left front plastic pad. Imagine all the hits these beauties absorbed, both the ones that Dalla Riva took while receiving passes, as well as the ones he dealt while blocking! The white size 10 1/2 cleats have five studs on the front sole and two on the heel, as does the size 11 kicker's boot, which has No. 74 written inside in black marker. The Riddell helmet with Alouettes logo stickers on both sides features its original canvas and leather inner suspension system, facemask and chinstrap, and No. 74 stickers in white on the rear. This lot full of football history comes along with Peter Dalla Riva's signed letter of authenticity.
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