This road red dureen gamer by Wilson and Gunzo’s was first worn by the Chicago Black Hawks circa the early to mid 1970’s. This jersey comes from the recently discovered Gunzo’s collection. There were 11 of these vintage red dureen game worn jerseys in the collection. Each was originally worn as a full time regular season and/or playoff road jersey in the 1970’s and then was later recycled by the Black Hawks for use during training camp in the years that followed. At some point after the season ended, the original player number was stripped and new higher numbers were added for use during training camp. This helps solve the mystery of where so many of the Hawks vintage dureens disappeared to.

With access to a few random early 1980’s Chicago Black Hawks training camp rosters we were able to confirm that Dan Frawley wore the player number 48 from 1980-81 thru 1982-83. Chicago selected Frawley in the 10th round of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He would go onto an NHL career that began with 2 seasons as a Black Hawk in 1983-84 and 1984-85. He would next play 4 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the mid to late 1980’s before spending a year with Muskegon and his final 6 years with the Rochester Americans of the AHL.

This striking red dureen was originally worn circa the early to mid 1970’s by a yet to be determined Black Hawks player. It features a crossover collar and there is a faint outline of a Captain’s “C” that has been removed from the left breast of this jersey. The outlines of the original player numbers reveal themselves upon close inspection on these vintage dureens. For a Chicago collector with the time and inclination, this would prove a fun task to determine which former Chicago icon originally wore your new acquisition. The most beautiful logo in sports, Chief Indian Head, is hand stitched in all its vintage glory on the chest of this jersey. The game wear on this sweater is solid and features stick marks, board burns, board paint transfer, un-repaired holes and runs, heavy inner pilling and some great team-sewn repair work. An exciting new discovery brings this previously unknown gamer to the hobby, good luck in your pursuit.