Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/24/2025
Baltimore’s 1970s hockey heritage is built into this vintage game-worn jersey that saw duty originally in the AHL and is attributed to have been used by the WHA’s Baltimore Blades during their brief existence in 1974-75. The jersey was first worn by the AHL Clippers in 1973-74 with the jersey attributed to have been worn by Brian Molvik, who is listed as wearing the number "4" that season. The belief in the hoppy is that these black “Baltimore” jerseys were worn in the WHA the following season in 1974-75 by the Blades, although conclusive evidence has been yet to be found about that. Players listed as wearing No. 4 for the Blades are Arnie Brown, who played 50 games and is also listed as having worn No. 14, and Bill Reed, who played 11 games for the Blades. These well-worn jerseys are attributed to have been recycled once again after the WHA team folded and the AHL Clippers reorganized and reacquired their jerseys for the 1975-76 season. Ray Clearwated is listed as wearing No. 4 for the Clippers that season when he played 62 games. Rawlings size 48 tagging is sewn inside the left rear hem which has a split on the bottom edge at the hip seam. "Baltimore" cascades down the front in orange on white with two-tone tackle twill number "4" sewn on the back and both sleeves of this vintage durene gamer. The stitching on the outside edges of the #4 on the back are showing some wear with some areas where the outside stitching line has let go. There are two large vertical team repairs on the right back of the jersey. Another pair of team repairs are on the left sleeve cuff and both sleeves have numerous unrepaired holes near the cuffs.
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