<< Previous Style | Cage Shirts | Next Style >> Monticello Athletic AssociationCage Shirt (Home) Canary Yellow, Chocolate Brown, Ivory. This is the home game basketball cage shirt of the Monticello Athletic Association basketball team. The Monticellos were an all-black team that played in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1910s. This cage shirt is faithfully reproduced [...]
Duquesne honors Chuck Cooper, among first blacks in NBA, by staging inaugural Chuck Cooper Classic, a hoops doubleheader featuring HBCU teams. How cool is that?
<< Previous Style | Game Jerseys | Next Style >> Scholastic Athletic AssociationGame Jersey Burgundy, Ivory, Black. This is the away game jersey of Chris Dorsey, a star player with the all-black Scholastic Athletic Association of Pittsburgh during the 1910s. This jersey is faithfully reproduced to the times, using antique sewn-down felt-on-felt lettering. For more [...]
<< Previous Style | Game Jerseys | Next Style >> Monticello Athletic AssociationGame Jersey Chocolate Brown, Canary Yellow, Ivory. This is the away-game basketball jersey of Cumberland Posey, a star player with the Monticello Athletic Association of Pittsburgh during the 1910s. Posey played with the Monticellos and other teams during the 1910s and early 1920s, [...]
<< Previous Style | Game Jerseys | Next Style >> Monticello Athletic AssociationGame Jersey (Home) Canary Yellow, Chocolate Brown, Ivory. This is the home game basketball jersey of Cumberland Posey, a star player with the Monticello Athletic Association of Pittsburgh. Posey played during the 1910s and early 1920s, and was considered the best African American [...]
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