There’s always been a huge cross-over between professional sports and pro-wrestling. Many athletes like Randy Savage and Steve Goldberg made the transition from the field to the ring. Both went on to have extremely successful careers in Wrestling.
If you grew up during the 90’s, theres a very good chance you ended up practicing wrestling moves with your buddies after shooting some hoops or tossing the football around. And if you grew up during the 90’s, there was a good chance you were a fan of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
The wrestler became larger-than-life figure in the 90’s/early 2000’s and is still a pop culture icon to this day. During the 90’s, Stone Cold was often photographed wearing custom Stone Cold & Austin “3:16” jerseys from several professional sports teams including the New England Patriots, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia 76ers.
What’s the story behind these jerseys?
- Well as you can probably guess, these jerseys were custom made by their respective teams and given to Steve Austin as gifts.
Were these jerseys ever sold at retail?
- No. The teams equipment managers proudly whipped up these one of a kind creations and gifted them to Stone Cold on numerous occasions. Luckily you’ve come to Rare Vntg! Where you can score your own one-of-a-kind vintage Stone Cold vintage jersey, customized accurately just like the ones he wore during the 90s!
