57-59 Wool - Number above the Tommies
58-59 Pierre Pilote & Moose Vasko and Ted Lindsay Game Worn Jerseys
Brand: Frager tagging
Material: Wool
Hem: Nothing
Set Tagging: None
Patches: None
Sets: Believed to be one per color per season, except for a design change on the whites in 57-58
Notes
Material: Wool
Hem: Nothing
Set Tagging: None
Patches: None
Sets: Believed to be one per color per season, except for a design change on the whites in 57-58
Notes
- The 57-58 season featured the introduction of numbers on the sleeves, over the elbow tommies, which continued in 58-59.
- The crests also differed from the 55-57 version. The crests were no longer wool, the face and feathers were twill. There was no longer a border around the outside of the crest. The crests were made by hand, and whomever designed these did the eyes and hair differently than the 55-57 version. Examples can be seen below.
- The elbow tomahawks were similar to the 55-57 large version and were also twill. The white jerseys featured a red C with white handles with red stones, while the red jerseys had a yellow C with red handles with white stones.
- The white jerseys initially featured white forearms in 57-58. At some point between 12-14-57 and 12-25-57, the forearms switched to be black from the bottom black stripe to the wrist. Photos are sought for 12-14-57 at Toronto and 12-22-57 at Detroit to see if the Hawks were wearing white jerseys. The two games after 11-30-57 where the Hawks wore white with the white forearms, the Hawks wore their red jerseys on the road.
- One surviving white jersey with the white forearms and the numbers above the tommies of Glenn Hall is in the Hockey Hall of Fame, pictured below. No other examples have surfaced.
- Frager Boxing Gloves Etc. Midwest Gym Chicago tag is found in the white jerseys, along with a size tag. The known red jersey features a Rayson Sports tag along with a size tag in the hem. It is odd that the whites and reds have different tagging, it is possible one example is 58-59, and the other 57-58. If anyone has further insight, please drop us a line.
- These jerseys were likely recycled for practice and training camps.
- Please note, the red jersey pictured above is the only example which has been seen by the author and belongs to the Hockey Hall of Fame. If you have one, please contact us as we would love to see the example and possibly include photos here.
- The red #7 jersey at the bottom of the page was auctioned a few years ago. It was said to be a 1959 playoff jersey of Ted Lindsay. The sleeve tommies are similar to the original 55-56 smaller version, but these sit lower within the sleeves. The crest is also unusual as other examples and photos do not match it and it differs from known 55-56 crests. It is also wool which points to potentially an earlier timeframe. Photos found of the 1959 playoffs show players with the larger tommies on the sleeves and crests similar to the others on this page. It may have been an older jersey that had sleeve numbers added or ??? The jersey pictured here is a mystery and it is unclear if Lindsay wore it.
57-58 Glenn Hall without the black lower sleeves. From the HHOF collection.
57-59 no border Crest details - pictured to the right is the crest from 55-57 for comparison
Sleeve detail
Frager tagging
Undated photo of Lindsay with the rear hem of his jersey flipped so the Frager tagging is showing.
Tagging in the red #4 Vasko.
Photo on left from 11-20-57 without the black lower arms. Photo on right from 12-25-55 showing the black lower arm.
57-58 home opener with the new numbers on sleeve jerseys being worn
Photo from game 3 of the 1959 Playoffs against Montreal
Wearing jerseys in practice... note Mikita in #6
Mystery Lindsey.