A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
The beginning and the end of the CFL’s American expansion in the mid-1990s is chronicled in these two game-worn football items. The Sacramento Gold Miners became the first American franchise in the CFL when they joined the league in 1993, spearheading the league’s U.S. expansion that saw new teams added in Baltimore, Las Vegas and Shreveport the following season.
Birmingham and Memphis joined in 1995, the last year of American teams in the league. The white Russell football pants offered here were game worn by a Gold Miners player. They feature the team’s teal, white, gold and black color scheme in stripes down the outside of each leg. The number 60 is written inside the waistband in black marker and a size 38 Russell tag remains in place. Linebacker Tracy Gravely wore this Alouettes #7 jersey when the Baltimore Stallions relocated and returned CFL football to Montreal in 1996. A “Radicalement Canadien” patch is sewn onto the right breast and a size XL Starter fly tag is in the neck. A “96” season set patch is sewn onto the front left hem along with a Starter tag and “46” and “long” fly tags. Nice game use here includes good burns on both shoulders.
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