Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2014
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/4/2014
An original NHL enforcer, the late John Ferguson policed the Montreal Canadiens’ opponents to ensure that the likes of Cournoyer, Rousseau, Henri Richard and, of course, the great Jean Beliveau were not abused while plying their skillful trade. Fergie was no slouch with the puck himself, with 303 points in 500 regular season games, but his fists did the talking. He amassed 1,214 penalty minutes, many in chunks of 5 and 10, during an eight-year career from 1963-64 to 1970-71, winning the Stanley Cup five times during that span! Ferguson’s awesome mid- to late-1960s Canadiens game-worn #22 tie-down wool sweater has six eyelets and a small "Dry Clean with Care Tease Knitting Co. Ltd." tag on the inside hem. Fergie wore this treasure in the midst of the Canadiens’ Forgotten Dynasty, the mid-to-late-1960s Habs Stanley Cup championship seasons that saw Montreal claim the Cup four times in five seasons from 1965-69. A vintage garter-style fight strap has been sewn into the tail, and although this is a common trait among Seventies-era shirts, it is quite a rare find on a wool sweater. There is a team repair at the bottom of the right “2” on the left sleeve. More game wear shows in light-reddish brown spot stains all over the upper front, and some more on the upper back, interior pilling with solid examples on the inner shoulder yokes and sweat stains to the elbow gussets. The white twill layer on the triple twill CH crest sewn on the front has pulled away from its stitching in a few places. There are holes on the upper left back and back of the left sleeve that do not diminish the display of Ferguson’s magnificent policeman’s unif … er, Canadiens game-worn jersey.
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