Simply put, Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player to ever lace up the skates. Gretzky entered the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers, when four franchises of the WHA were absorbed into the NHL starting with the 1979-80 season. Gretzky’s impact was immediate as he would win the Hart Trophy, the NHL equivalent to the league MVP, eight straight years. The height of Gretzky’s career came with the Oilers, where he had four seasons of 200+ points, and won four Stanley Cup titles.

This offered size XL Nike Edmonton Oilers home jersey was issued to The Great One during the 1986 through 1988 seasons, the peak of his dominance. This mesh jersey features the Oilers logo sewn on the center of the jersey in blue, orange and white tackle twill. Gretzky’s famous number “99” is sewn on in blue, white and orange tackle twill on the back of the jersey and the middle of the sleeves. A captain’s “C” is sewn on the upper left chest in blue, white and orange tackle twill. The shoulders are colored in blue with an orange outline the sleeve ends have a blue/white/orange/white/blue striping pattern, which is the same pattern striping at the base of the jersey. “GRETZKY” is sewn on in blue tackle twill on a matching white name plate and “NIKE” is screen-printed on the bottom left tail of the jersey on the back. The Nike tag is sewn on the inside back collar with a small white flag that has hand written “W.G.”. Gretzky signed his name in black marker on the Oilers logo and added the inscriptions “Best Regards,” and “99”. This jersey displays light use with a couple of faded stains on the front and back and comes with a LOA from Mears, who have graded this jersey an A5. There is also a LOA from Steve Grad of Beckett Authentication for his signature (A89193).

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