Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2016
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/15/2016
The first Finn inducted into the Hall of Fame, Jari Kurri was ranked 50th on The Hockey News’ poll of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. This Edmonton Oilers jersey was worn by Kurri in the pre-season of his rookie year, and it’s been photo-matched. Partially detached Maska Superfil tagging sits in the collar, with an additional embroidered Maska crest on the back bottom hem. Accented with tackle twill numbers, the Edmonton 75th anniversary patch is affixed to the right shoulder. The jersey also sports a repaired/reinforced fight strap, while the verso is currently void of a nameplate. There is evidence of a former nameplate, as Cam Connor originally wore this jersey in the 1979-80 season, and it was recycled for use in the 1980-81 pre-season when it was worn by Kurri without a nameplate. An Oilers LOA and MeiGray COR will accompany.
Game-wear includes a number of marks on the lower front including a faint white streak along with a thin slit, with additional dark marks on both sleeves. There is also a large team repair on the reverse beneath the number “1”, along with a smaller repair just to its right. While most of the garment’s wear occurred while worn by Connor, we do have a pair of photo-matches for Kurri. The first shows a photo that has been matched to the particular placement and details of the oil drop on the team crest, the loose threading on the bottom edge of the team crest (at 5 o'clock or so) and to the particular rounded blue thread on the top inside of the "R" of "Oilers", as well as to some specifics wrinkles on the team crest. The second match is to a photo on the cover of a Vancouver Canucks program (will be included) from Nov 5th 1980 that shows Kurri with the long loose thread on the #7 on the right sleeve visible. We should also note that the accompanying team LOA states the jersey is a Cam Connor example from 1979-80, as they were unaware that it was recycled for Kurri’s use in the 1980-81 pre-season.
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