Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction November 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/3/2015
A three-time Grey Cup winner, Peter Dalla Riva was also a three-time CFL All-Star. This impressive gathering of historic CFL Riva material contains four game-used footballs including a Spalding J5V used in the 65th Grey Cup game in 1977 when the Als hammered the Eskimos, a notated ball from Riva’s first catch in 1968 in a game against BC, the ball from the first touchdown in Olympic Stadium in 1976, which was a highlight year for Riva, and the ball Riva caught for his 54th and last career touchdown in 1981. Accompanying these amazing footballs we have the actual Adidas cleats Riva wore in the 1977 Grey Cup! These unique and prized milestone footballs come with Peter Dalla Riva's signed letter of authenticity.
The four official CFL footballs that make up this remarkable lot span Hall of Fame tight end Peter Dalla Riva's 14-year career with the Montreal Alouettes. A vintage Spalding official J5V CFL football has "PETER DALLA RIVA" in white letters on one panel, along with "First Pass Caught Oct. 14, 1968 B.C.-MTL" from the first of his 450 career receptions. Midway through his career, Dalla Riva and the Alouettes moved into Olympic Stadium. The football he caught for the first touchdown reception in the team's mammoth new home in 1976 was a highlight from the best season of his legendary career as Dalla Riva reached personal highs in receptions (56), receiving yards (763), and touchdowns (10). Sadly, the tape with game details has fallen off and been lost. Next on the list of official CFL footballs from Dalla Riva's personal collection is the ball he caught for his third and final touchdown of the 1981 season, the 54th and last of his outstanding career. Lastly we have Riva’s 1977 Grey Cup game-used ball. Frigid weather conditions and a public transit strike did little to deter Montreal football fans from cheering on their beloved Alouettes against the Edmonton Eskimos in the 1977 Grey Cup game at Olympic Stadium. The Spalding official J5V CFL football Dalla Riva caught on a pass from Sonny Wade for the game's first touchdown is a fantastic highlight of this lot, which also includes the Montreal tight end's white Adidas "Super Bowl" cleats from the game. The football has stick-um clearly visible on it, particularly on one of its two white bands. Dalla Riva's size 11 1/2" cleats exhibit great wear, though they were not among the group of shoes that had staples famously applied to them by some other members of the Alouettes to gain traction on the glacial Olympic Stadium artificial turf.
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