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Lot # 1496: Circa 1950s Green Bay Packers Team-Issued Jacket

Category: Football

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Presented is a circa 1950s Green Bay Packers' team-issued jacket. The Green Bay franchise goes back to 1921, at a time when many NFL teams came from small cities. Today, the legendary Packers remain the only team from a small city in the NFL. Green Bay has won 13 NFL Championships, including four Super Bowls. But in the 1950s, the team finished every season as only the third to the sixth best team in the 6-team Western Division. Vince Lombardi was hired to coach the Packers in time for the 1959 season. That year, the Packers went from a 1-10-1 record in '58 and a last place finish to a record of 7-5 and a third-place finish. In 1959, the Packers already had future stars on the team: Paul Hornung, Jim Taylor, Bart Starr, Max Magee, Boyd Dowler, Fuzzy Thurston, Jerry Kramer, Dave Hanner, etc. Lombardi's Packers were on the way up. They won an amazing five NFL Championships in the 1960s. The offered Packers jacket was for use on the sidelines, and it is possible that many different Packers, perhaps some of the team's all-time greats listed above, wore this jacket. There is no way to be certain. The jacket is cloth, with leather sleeves, and elastic green and gold bands for the collar, wrist, and waist. It is mainly green, except for the sleeves, which are light brown, and the jacket has gold trim. In the collar is a "King - O'Shea/Chicago" manufacturer's tag. Seven green buttons go down the front. One of the best features on the jacket is the beautiful, 7" wide, green, and gold patch on the left chest, one that reads, 'Green Bay Packers." There is no size listed, but the jacket appears to be a large or extra-large size. The jacket shows great use. The leather sleeves show worn areas, and some stains and spotting. There are a number of holes in the jacket, possibly moth-related, most apparent on the mid-front along the button line, on the left front, and two holes on the mid-back. The aforementioned holes run from 1 to 2 inches in length. Despite the imperfections apparent in a jacket that is approximately seven decades old, the jacket makes a fine remembrance for the 1950s-era Green Bay Packers, right on the cusp of Lombardi's greatest dynasty.

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