Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
The first New York Ranger in history to be honoured as such, Rod Gilbert had his famous #7 retired by the Blueshirts in 1977, and remains the franchise’s all-time leading goals and points scorer. An eight-time All-Star, Gilbert earned the Bill Masterton Trophy in 1976 and was enshrined in the HOF in 1982. The ideal package to celebrate the career of the longtime New York Rangers superstar, we have a Rod Gilbert Night March 8, 1977 program, ticket stub and button. The program survives in beautiful high-grade and pictures Gilbert on the cover and sports the date, with the line-up intact. The stub also sports the date with handwritten text on the reverse, with no issues for the 3” pinback button. Hailing from the collection of Allen Abel, he personally attended this game.
Covering the world's greatest sporting endeavors for half a century which included serving for a decade on Capitol Hill and in the briefing room of the White House, longtime journalist, sports columnist, producer and on-air television correspondent Allen Abel has traveled to over one hundred countries, witnessing epic battles and accomplishments from the press box; from Ali vs Fraser, to the Miracle On Ice, the genesis of Gretzky, to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Winning six National Magazine awards for political, travel and sports writing as a contributor to numerous publications including Sports Illustrated and Maclean's, Abel was also an on-air host, narrator, writer or producer on dozens of documentaries for HBO, Discovery, National Geographic, Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC and others. Abel has also authored a number of non-fiction works including 'The Short Life of Hughie McLoon — A True Story of Baseball, Magic, and Murder'
We are pleased to offer a number of desirable and seldom-seen items from Abel's personal 50-year sporting journey, including programs, media guides, tickets, press passes, autographs and much more, along with an impressive grouping of Olympic material personally acquired while working at a dozen Olympic Games.
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