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What is the most obscure jersey you've ever seen someone wear and in what location? Started by Ness
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#1 Ness
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 12:27 AM
Earlier today in Redwood City, CA I saw someone in the grocery store sporting a mid 90's Shane Conlan Rams jersey. I don't think that will be topped.

#2 conace21
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 12:32 AM
During the HOF ceremony, the Buffalo News reported that someone was spotted wearing a Conlan Bills jersey. Someone else was spotted wearing a Mike Hollis jersey….Mike Hollis? He only played for the Bills for 1 year. Someone else was wearing a Leonard Smith jersey…at least Smith was a fan favorite when he played…even though he hasn't played for 23 years.

#3 Reaser
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 03:23 AM
Mike Hollis went to HS in WA, if I ever had a favorite non-Seahawks kicker it was him, when he was with the Jags.

Weirdest jersey I saw was about a year ago, a neighbor was wearing a Michael Floyd Reebok Cardinals jersey. You guys can figure out why that was weird - besides evidently being a Cardinals fan in a neighborhood where every house has a 12 flag.

Weirdest jersey I ever wore myself. Found my Frank Reich Panthers jersey in my closest and wore it to my HS's girls basketball game, five years after he played for the Panthers . . .

#4 evan
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 09:16 AM
While running the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C. in 2012, I saw someone wearing a Doug Dieken Cleveland Browns jersey. I'm fairly certain I wasn't hallucinating at the time, and I would hope that if I was, my hallucinations would be more interesting than that.

#5 JWL
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 11:06 AM
A few years ago, I saw a Karl Hankton jersey worn by a *Shop Rite employee. This particular Shop Rite is located in Toms River, New Jersey.

*My mom works at that one. Employees are, or were, allowed to wear NFL jerseys on football Sundays.

#6 JWL
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 11:10 AM
Oh. This is good because it was so bizarre. At the 2012 Hall of Fame Induction ceremony some guy was wearing a Curtis Martin Pitt jersey with number 28. I do not believe he ever wore 28 at Pitt. Also, this was a custom jersey. It was definitely not an official jersey. The NCAA does not sell jerseys with surnames on them anyway. I think this guy wanted a college jersey of Curtis Martin but was unaware of what number he actually wore there.

#7 74_75_78_79_
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 01:34 PM
JWL, on 02 Oct 2014 - 11:10 AM, said:
Oh. This is good because it was so bizarre. At the 2012 Hall of Fame Induction ceremony some guy was wearing a Curtis Martin Pitt jersey with number 28. I do not believe he ever wore 28 at Pitt. Also, this was a custom jersey. It was definitely not an official jersey. The NCAA does not sell jerseys with surnames on them anyway. I think this guy wanted a college jersey of Curtis Martin but was unaware of what number he actually wore there.

I wonder if there's a custom-made-by-mistake #16 Montana Chiefs jersey? I've already seen a Jack Lambert Steelers jersey in the recent post-'96 style (pretty lame). Wonder if any Seattle Franco Harris jerseys were available in early-'84?

#8 BD Sullivan
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 02:04 PM
Not really obscure, just strange: In 1985, the USFL Baltimore Stars retired Johnny Unitas' #19--you know, because he played for them.

#9 Todd Pence
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Posted 02 October 2014 - 06:12 PM
I've seen several Seahawk fans wearing the jersey of obscure third-string quarterback of the Jack Patera era Sam Adkins.

#10 Teo
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Posted 03 October 2014 - 01:25 AM
I work in the construction business in Mexico City. About 5 years ago, one guy who came to sign his house mortgage wearing a Jacksonville Jaguars' Kevin Hardy jersey. Although Hardy was a Pro Bowler and All-Pro in 1999, the Jaguars are (unsurprisingly) one of the least popular and even known teams in Mexico. I asked him how he got his jersey. He claim that his brother-in-law, who emigrated to Florida, send the jersey to him as a gift and he liked it (he also admitted that he didn't saw Hardy play).

#11 single wing
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Posted 03 October 2014 - 03:00 AM
Little different answer but last year i saw someone wearing a Charlotte Hornets WFL jersey in a shopping mall

#12 Rupert Patrick
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Posted 03 October 2014 - 06:54 AM
I bought an LA Dons jersey off Ebay and it arrived yesterday. It''s number 15, which I don't think was for any particular player, and of course it has no name on the back.

#13 nicefellow31
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Posted 03 October 2014 - 11:48 AM
74_75_78_79_, on 02 Oct 2014 - 1:34 PM, said:
I wonder if there's a custom-made-by-mistake #16 Montana Chiefs jersey? I've already seen a Jack Lambert Steelers jersey in the recent post-'96 style (pretty lame). Wonder if any Seattle Franco Harris jerseys were available in early-'84?
I almost like Paul Lukas of the uniwatch blog in that I hate that. I'm a Redskins season ticket holders and I've seen many Sonny Jurgensen #9 in the 1979-to current style.

#14 PowderedH2O
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Posted 03 October 2014 - 05:09 PM
Rupert, I have that same jersey. I love it, but it is enormous on me! I have also worn a variety of Saints jerseys at various times of players known only to Saints fans. And a Pacers George McGinnis jersey.

#15 JohnH19
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Posted 03 October 2014 - 11:12 PM
I haven't seen anyone wearing one but there's a local store that has a few Matt Flynn Seahawks jerseys on their discount rack.

#16 rhickok1109
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Posted 04 October 2014 - 08:53 AM
Not the same thing, but I'm very proud of the "Duluth Eskimos 1926" T-shirt that my oldest daughter gave me for Christmas some years ago.

Also somewhat off-topic: I frequently see a homeless man wearing a Dallas Cowboys' jacket that's dirty but in very good repair. He told me he found it in a dumpster!

#17 LJP
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Posted 04 October 2014 - 09:20 AM
I have an authentic Casey Wiegmann #60 Bears 1998 training camp jersey.

Bought it years ago and no idea why now, as it is huge on me.

Will trade : )

#18 Todd Pence
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Posted 04 October 2014 - 10:26 AM
Bronco fans from a 2010 tailgate sporting the jerseys of decades-retired quarterback Steve Tensi and kicker Jim Turner.

#19 Superbowlfanatic
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Posted 06 October 2014 - 07:36 PM
OK, I got y'all beat:

Authentic Bjorn Nittmo, #3 jersey of New York Giants replacement, left-footed Sweedish kicker for the last 6 games on 1989, that David Letterman made somewhat noteworthy with his recurrent, "Who do you think you are, Bjorn Nittmo?" comments at that time.

Has to be one-of-a-kind.

#20 MatthewToy
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Posted 06 October 2014 - 11:15 PM
Saw this crappy 1995 Starter Kordell Stewart jersey at the end of the Steelers game yesterday. Chinese knockoff jerseys look better than this.
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#21 Veeshik_ya
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Posted 07 October 2014 - 10:20 AM
I once saw someone sporting the jersey of former Giants kicker Ali Haji-Sheikh while vacationing in Jerusalem.

#22 oldecapecod 11
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Posted 07 October 2014 - 11:35 AM
Was that at the Wailing Wall?

#23 Todd Pence
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 05:07 PM
No, of course it was in Jerusalem, New York.

#24 rhickok1109
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Posted 09 October 2014 - 08:59 AM
Superbowlfanatic, on 06 Oct 2014 - 7:36 PM, said:
OK, I got y'all beat:

Authentic Bjorn Nittmo, #3 jersey of New York Giants replacement, left-footed Sweedish kicker for the last 6 games on 1989, that David Letterman made somewhat noteworthy with his recurrent, "Who do you think you are, Bjorn Nittmo?" comments at that time.

Has to be one-of-a-kind.
Yeah, that's the winner!

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