2020 Late December Auction Closing January 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/3/2021
Presented are the signatures of the 1969 New York Jets team on a white Jets football helmet. The 1968-69 New York Jets finished the NFL regular season 11-3, before heading into the playoffs. In the first round, they beat the Oakland Raiders, 27-23, to advance to Super Bowl III. The Jets, 18-point underdogs prior to kickoff, upset the heavily favored Baltimore Colts, 16-7, at the Orange Bowl in Miami on January 12, 1969. Jets quarterback Joe Namath famously made an appearance three days before the Super Bowl at the Miami Touchdown Club and personally guaranteed his team's victory. Namath, who completed 17 out of 28 passes for 206 yards, was named as the Super Bowl's most valuable player.
26 members of that historic New York Jets Super Bowl III winning team have signed this helmet in bold black marker and include Hall of Famers Joe Namath and Don Maynard, along with John Schmitt, Ralph Baker, Bill Baird, Bake Turner, George Sauer, Gerry Philbin, Bill Mathis, Paul Rochester, Carl McAdams, Bob Talamini, Emerson Boozer, Larry Grantham, Dave Herman, Randy Beverly, Cornell Gordon, Al Atkinson, John Elliott, Randy Rasmussen, Pete Lammons, Curly Johnson, Matt Snell, Jim Hudson, Johnny Sample and one other. This comes with a STICKER ONLY from Steiner Sports.