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LOUISVILLE REBELS & MUSKEGON ZEPHYRS HOCKEY JOE KASTELIC RARE SIGNED PHOTO B/W

$ 7.9

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Player: JOE KASTELIC
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Size: 8 X 10
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Product: Photo
  • Color: BLACK AND WHITE
  • Condition: USED IN THE SENSE THAT THIS PHOTO IS ABOUT 65 YEARS OLD. GLOSSY 8 X 10 INCHES BLACK AND WHITE. SIGNED IN BLACK PERMANENT MARKER.
  • Team: LOUISVILLE REBELS & MUSKEGON ZEPHYRS
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Sport: Hockey-Minors

    Description

    RARE PHOTO FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE. JOE KASTELIC WAS ONE OF THE  GREAT PLAYERS IN MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY, PLAYING 19 YEARS, 15 OF WHICH IN MUSKEGON. HE BEGAN HIS PRO CAREER IN LOUISVILLE WHERE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN. IT DEPICTS WHAT HE ONCE TOLD ME WAS THE FIRST KNEE AND ANKLE BRACE OF ITS TYPE. IT FASTENED AROUND THE KNEE AND WITH A METAL EXTENSION ALONG THE LEG IT FASTENED TO HIS SKATE. HE WORE THIS FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER. IN THIS SHOT HE AND THE TRAINER ARE SEATED IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND BOTH MEN ARE POINTING TO THE BRACE. HE SIGNED THIS : TO THE HOWELLS BEST OF LUCK JOE KASTELIC. PHOTO IS ABOUT 65 YEARS OLD. HE HELD MANY IHL RECORDS, INCLUDING SCORING 6 GOALS IN ONE GAME, 63 GOALS IN A SEASON, ALL TIME SCORING LEADER 551 GOALS AND 583 ASSISTS. JOE PASSED AWAY AT AGE 81 IN MUSKEGON. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COPIES OF THIS PHOTO HE HAD, BUT SURELY NOT MANY. SHIPPED IN RIGID POSTAL MAILER.