Six game-worn items from Pittsburgh Steelers legends of the 1970s will be up for auction during an event at Super Bowl LIX.
Hunt Auctions hosts an annual NFL Auction event at the Super Bowl, and this will be the 17th year for the event, which will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana in February.
This year, six game-worn items from Super 70s Steelers will be on the auction block. Jerseys worm by Franco Harris, Terry Bradshaw , Jack Lambert , Jack Ham, Rocky Bleier and Lynn Swann are all among 750 NFL items set to be sold next month.
The jerseys are being auctioned from the collection of Timothy Kelley. Kelley, a federal law enforcement officer, grew up a Steelers fan and was an intern of legendary Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope.
"Each year, the Super Bowl Live Auction draws interest from bidders in this country and abroad." Hunt Auction president David Hunt said in a press release. "The annual auction has previously featured an amazing roster of important football artifacts with this year's offering of the Timothy Kelley Collection of Pittsburgh Steelers game used jerseys ranking among the finest privately held group of its type. We are always pleased to present this highly anticipated event which annually generates an impressive related donation to the wonderful charities of the NFL Auction program."
Up for sale are a 1981 Harris jersey, a 1981-82 Bradshaw helmet, a 1982 Lambert jersey, a 1982 Ham jersey, a 1978 Bleier jersey and a 1978 Swann jersey. All of the items have been authenticated and/or photo matched. The items are valued between $20,000 and $100,000 each.
Also being auctioned of interest to Pittsburgh fans is the jersey worn by Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher on the play in Pittsburgh where he was run over by Steelers running back Jerome Bettis in the snow in 2005, and a rookie-year New England Patriots jersey of Woodland Hills alum Rob Gronkowski .
Proceeds of NFL Auction events support team and NFL charities.
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