Marquette Jersey

[ski44]

Can anyone tell me from what season/era this MU jersey was from and possibly who wore it?

http://www.gameusedhockey.com/marquette/jersey.jpg

Thx

[tower912]

No one would have worn a #7 jersey.   In college, the numbers have to be able to be represented on one one and each.   00-5, 10-15, 20-25, 30-35, 40-45, 50-55.   So no actual player ever officially wore that jersey.   Style dates from the late 70's, I think.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

That is from the late 70s or early 80's. The rule regarding numbers may not have been in place back then. It looks real to me.

[Mayor McCheese]

looking at that poster of all the jerseys, looks like it could be the away jersey of 1981, same sides, all tiger-like, the number or player I have no clue on, but thats my guess on the year

[MUMac]

I believe you are correct Mayor.  It was the year Michael Wilson broke the backboard at Memphis St., I believe.

[MUEng93]

The NCAA began the uniform number rule for the 1957-58 season.  So unless the uniform is from 1957 or earlier no one wore it.

From the NCAA Record Book - "Playing - Rules History" Section

"Uniforms: 1957-58, On uniforms, the use of the single digit numbers one and
two and any digit greater than five is prohibited. 1999-00, Uniform numbers one and
two are permitted."

[Mayor McCheese]

ok so does anyone know why 1 or 2 wasn't allowed??? thats baffling

[spiral97]

maybe because player numbers are used in foul situations.. and 1 and 2 fingers were indications of the number of shots the fouled player gets?

[MikeyT42]

Spiral is right.

1 and 2 are not allowed for foul shot reasons.

but on that same token why is 3 allowed

[WashDCWarrior]

There was no 3-pt shot in 1957, hence no 3 shot fouls.

[ski44]

Does anyone have an idea how I can research this jersey? Is there a database out there with an all-time MU roster with numbers? Or, does anyone know where there may be a picture of a player wearing this style of jersey? Thanks for any help...

MARK

[WashDCWarrior]

It would be a lot of work, but you might be able to research old yearbooks.  I know someone has a link to them.

[StillAWarrior]

It would be a lot of work, but you might be able to research old yearbooks.  I know someone has a link to them.

It wasn't that much work because that particular jersey was only used for two years.  I checked the yearbooks around that time (see link below), but I couldn't figure out who it might have been.  Looking at yearbook pictures, it appears that the jersey was only used in the 1979-80 and 1980-81 seasons (or at least pictures of it only appear in the 1980 and 1981 yearbooks).  Unfortunately, there is no picture of a No. 7 in that I could find, and there are no team pictures.  So, I can't say who it is.  Even the pictures they do have are not usually captioned -- making it even harder to figure out who is who.  Also, I did not notice any exceptions to the numbering system that has been discussed here (i.e., no digits above 5).

One more thing:  based upon the pictures in the yearbooks (and even the poster at the top of this page), the number on that jersey looks awfully small.

http://digitalmarquette.cdmhost.com/HT/index.html

[StillAWarrior]

Does anyone have an idea how I can research this jersey? Is there a database out there with an all-time MU roster with numbers? Or, does anyone know where there may be a picture of a player wearing this style of jersey? Thanks for any help...

MARK

Here's a little more information to add to my prior post relating to the yearbook photos.  Maybe this will help.  Most of these names don't mean a whole lot to me (I'm a 1991 grad and didn't grow up following Marquette).  But there might be someone reading this thread who might remember something.

1979 Letter Winners

• Odell Ball
• Robert Byrd
• Tony Davis
• Jim Dudley
• Artie Green
• Larry Hatchett
• Oliver Lee
• Dean Marquardt
• Greg Shimon
• Bernard Toone
• Michael Wilson
• Sam Worthen

1980 Letter Winners

• Byrd
• Davis
• Green
• Hatchett
• Lee
• Marquardt
• Mike McGonigle
• Terrell Schlundt
• Shimon
• Wilson
• Mark Worgull
• Worthen

1981 Letter Winners

• Davis
• Green
• Hatchett
• Lee
• Marc Marotta
• Marquardt
• Brian Nyenhuis
• Doc Rivers
• Schlundt
• Shimon
• Donald Smolinski
• Wilson