Fall Premier Auction 2017
Wed, Oct 18, 2017 04:00PM EDT - Sat, Nov 4, 2017 11:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 58
9/4/1980 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS GAME BALL (CHARGERS 30 - RAIDERS 24) PRESENTED TO JACK MURPHY AND 12/21/81 AFC WEST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BALL (CHARGERS 23 -
Sold for
$702
Sold Price includes BP
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This lot features a pair of game footballs presented to two different San Diego sports legends. The first football which commemorates the San Diego Chargers’ 30-24 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sept. 14 1980 at the then-named San Diego Stadium was presented to Jack Murphy who was a longtime (1951 to ’80) sportswriter for the San Diego Union newspaper. Murphy an influential writer was instrumental in not only relocating the L.A. Charges to San Diego but also in helping to secure the Padres baseball team as a National League expansion team in 1969. One panel of the game ball is specially painted and includes the following text: “GAME BALL PRESENTED TO JACK MURPHY Chargers 30 - Raiders 24 September 14 1980 San Diego Stadium.” It also boasts a Charger football helmet logo. Fittingly after Murphy passed away from lung cancer just 10 days later the stadium was renamed “Jack Murphy Stadium” in his honor.
The second game ball went to then-Chargers cornerback Willie Buchanon following the team’s 23-10 victory over the Raiders on a Monday Night Football (Dec. 21 1981) game. In a game that decided the AFC Western Division title the Bolts prevailed. They would make it all the way to the AFC title game before bowing to the Cincinnati Bengals 27-7. One panel of the offered football is specially painted and includes the following text: “GAME BALL PRESENTED TO (28) WILLIE BUCHANON Chargers 23 - Raiders 10 Dec. 21 1981 San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.” It also boasts a Charger football helmet logo. Note the stadium’s name change.
Includes Letter of Provenance from the San Diego Hall of Champions.
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