Lou gehrig jersey
 

Need help! The only one known. It's a vintage lou gehrig rawlings "hall of fame" labeling. Was this a salesman sample? Was it used in a movie? One of a kind. Rawlings made mlb jeries for teams like the cardinals, brooklyn dodgers. Never for the yankees. The label dates from 1939 - to the mid 1950's. Jersey shows use and is in great condition. Any info, please advise. I own it now. The owner i purchased this uniform last week purchased it at a hofstra sports card show on long island in th 1980's. Thanks for any info. Regards, evajoy91

Looks like a vintage uniform, with modern felt NY & # 4 added recently.

Ouch.

Lou Gehrig never wore a size 40 jersey either. That's an immediate red flag.

There was a thread a couple of months ago in which Dave Grob posted some info regarding this tagging which may be relevant to this discussion his comments are on page 2.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=187789

The tag shows the addition (now the middle section) of the Hall of Fame building that was built in the early 1950s, I believe.