Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/29/2025
A then-record, 57 National Olympic Committees sent a total of 1,424 athletes to the second-ever Winter Olympics held in Canada in 1988. The Calgary Games are also noteworthy as the last attended for both the Soviet Union and East Germany. From the personal collection of former press chief and press communications specialist Sylvie Bigras, we offer a Sun Ice Canadian Olympic team jacket, along with a Bryan Adams Labatt's concert jacket from the Adams performance for the athletes which took place on February 20th. The lot also a full ticket to hockey at the Saddledome on Feb 14th and stubs from figure skating (2). The Sun Ice jacket is red and white with tassels, with a Calgary 1988 crest embroidered to the left breast, with a tiny stain near the right breast. The Bryan Adams jacket with "L" sizing is by Dual Control, with a Labatt's Calgary 1988 Official Sponsor crest embroidered to the left breast and "Bryan Adams" over the reverse with "XV Olympic Winter Games Calgary, February 20, 1988". The tickets show wear including a large crease to each, with the stub part of the full ticket somewhat detached. An LOA from Classic Auctions will accompany.
The passion for sports was engrained in Sylvie Bigras from a very young age and being on the court for volleyball and basketball was akin to a second home. A founding member of the inaugural University of Ottawa's women's volleyball program in 1977-78, Bigras was instrumental for that program being recognized as an official varsity team. Giving back to the sport she was always passionate about, she later worked in the Ontario Volleyball Association for athlete development and high performance, and in 1980, was a member of the national silver medal winning team in her last of three years in Garnet and Grey. The players and coaches credit her with being the key factor in establishing the program as an official university team. Since her time at uOttawa, where she earned a Masters in Sport Management, Sylvie has continued to be a builder in Canadian sport. A long-time Executive Director of Volleyball Canada, Bigras was also the Press Chief for the 2008 and 2010 Canadian Olympic Teams as well as for Canada at the Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. She has worked thus far at 16 Olympic Games, 4 Commonwealth Games and 5 Pan American Games, while also working on communications planning for Team Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Bigras is currently a senior communications specialist at the Canadian Olympic Committee and a member of the Board of Governors for Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Additionally, she has hosted national sport celebrations such as Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies, the Canadian Sport Awards and more, as well as a number of major events including the Nelson Mandela Citizenship Ceremony, and State Dinners for George W. Bush, Vicente Fox Quesada, Prince Charles and other dignitaries.
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