A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
The city of Baltimore provided the only success story when the Canadian Football League expanded to the United States in the early 1990s. Originally named the Baltimore CFL Colts, the team bowed to legal action brought on by the NFL and played without a nickname for the balance of its inaugural 1994 season. Though forced to back down in the legal arena, the new CFL franchise was a runaway success on the field in football-starved Baltimore. Led by quarterback Tracy Ham and running back Mike Pringle, Baltimore beat Toronto and Winnipeg in the playoffs to become the first American team to play for the Grey Cup. Ham wore this white mesh Baltimore jersey during the team’s 26-23 loss to the B.C. Lions in the title game. A Grey Cup ’94 patch remains sewn onto the left breast of this #8 Starter jersey with a size L fly tag. A “94” tag is sewn onto the front hem beside the Starter CFL tag and a size 48 fly tag. Great use with three solid team repairs to the left of the blue vinyl number heat pressed onto the back and tears along the bottom of both cuffs. The team’s horse logo is sewn onto both sides of Ham’s silver game-worn football pants with #8 written inside the waistband. A Baltimore CFL Colts t-shirt and a pair of Ham’s game-worn white and blue sanitary socks complete this remarkable collection of a team that would go on to become the first and only American Grey Cup champions in 1995. [red]Addendum; Tracy Ham actually wore this white away jersey for the playoff game vs Winnipeg in the Divisional Finals in '94. Baltimore wore their blue home uniforms in the '94 and '95 Grey Cup games.[/red]
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