Reader Leo Strawn recently came across a very odd eBay listing, which you can see here. The auction is for 48 color slides of a football game that, according to the seller, was played in Japan in March of 1974. The circumstances surrounding the game are unknown, but there are enough uniform anomalies here to warrant a closer look.
Let’s start with the photo shown above. As you can see, there are at least three jersey styles in the frame, and at least four helmet styles (if you count the “Z” and “R” versions of the dark helmet as separate styles). Also, note that No. 21 is wearing what appears to be a Dallas Cowboys uniform — right down to the little blue Dymo label at the base of the helmet stripe! Of course, the Cowboys were using NOBs by 1974. So if that’s really a Cowboys jersey, it’s an old one.
Here’s yet another uniform from that game — a Tennessee Volunteers uni (for all of these, you can click to enlarge):
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