Summer Premier Auction 2015
Fri, May 8, 2015 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Aug 23, 2015 11:30AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 744
1986-87 WORLD B. FREE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS GAME WORN ROAD JERSEY AND SHORTS (WORLD B. FREE LOA)
Sold for
$787.20
Sold Price includes BP
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Presented here is an important full uniform from one of the great scorers and colorful performers in the NBA in the 1970s and 1980s World B. Free. Born 'Lloyd Bernard' Free he changed his name legally to "World B. Free" in 1981. Also called the "Prince of Midair" and "All-World" he averaged 20.3 points per game over 13 seasons in the NBA with his best season in 197980 with the Clippers when he averaged 30.2 points per game along with 4.2 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 68 games. He was an All-Star that year.
On the left front tail of the jersey is the "MacGregor Sand-Knit Designed & Tailored Exclusively for the Philadelphia 76ers" manufacturer's tag. Below that is an additional "MacGregor Sand-Knit" manufacturers size 42 tag. Adjacent is an additional manufacturers embroidered tag with "1" L.B." Across the front is "SIXERS" in white on blue tackle twill. Below that and on the back is the player No. 12 in the same fashion. Across the back is the player name "Free" in white tackle twill affixed directly to the red mesh shirt. On the upper left breast is the embroidered official NBA logo. The jersey and companion shorts shows game-use and appear to have no alterations of any kind. Shorts have the dual Sand-Knit tagging at the back of the waist with an adjacent team tag with 12 handwritten in black marker. Red mesh shorts have blue and white elastic knit waistband and trim with the round 76ers embroidered team patch on the right leg and the iconic NBA logo on the left.
Comes with a Letter of Authenticity from World B. Free himself.
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