A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
What a beauty! Kids, even adults, throughout Ottawa would have fought tooth and nail over this Rough Riders gamer worn by legendary tight end Tony Gabriel. This early 1980s Riders Rawlings jersey has been photo matched to Gabriel's Schenley Award outstanding Canadian runnerup portrait for 1981. A clear mark on the lower right part of the heatpressed white vinyl "7" of the #77 on the right shoulder and distinctive turf burn marks on the top front of the right shoulder are among the positive identifiers that resulted in a clear photo match. This black Rough Riders gamer features the helmet logo added to the arm stripes at the beginning of the 1980s. The original black knit nameplate with individual white vinyl letters spelling out Gabriel's surname remains intact, sewn directly onto the black mesh jersey above the white vinyl "77" on the back. The Rawlings size XL tag remains sewn onto the lower right front of the jersey, just above the hem. The jersey exhibits great wear, including a couple of team repairs on the right shoulder and good burn marks on both shoulders in particular. Overall, this Gabriel gamer from the final days of his Hall of Fame CFL career is in excellent condition. A real prize for display purposes, it comes along with Gabriel's personalized red CFL Players jersey/equipment bag and Tony Gabriel's signed letter of authenticity.
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