Joe Montana’s Super Bowl jersey sells for $1.2M, shattering Tom Brady record

The person of many data in his legendary soccer profession continues to be setting extra 28 years later.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana’s jersey which he wore throughout two of his 4 Tremendous Bowl victories bought for $1.2 million, the very best ever paid for a soccer jersey at public sale.

The jersey, by collectibles market Goldin, beat out the earlier file held by Tom Brady whose jersey bought for $480,000 in January 2022, in line with NBC.

Montana’s crimson No. 16 jersey was initially on the public sale block for $250,000.

Montana wore the jersey particularly throughout Tremendous Bowl XIX, when he defeated Dan Marino’s Miami Dolphins in 1985, and in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals in Tremendous Bowl XXIII in 1989.

The public sale that shattered Brady’s file might be tacked on to a months-long public sale of Montana’s private gadgets — one being his Tremendous Bowl XXIV jersey which bought for $720,000.

Montana’s Notre Dame jersey from when he threw for 4 touchdowns in opposition to USC in 1977 bought for $115,200.

Montana additionally parted methods with the gold jacket he wore when he was inducted into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame for $36,000.

Even Montana’s earliest memorabilia hit the market.

One bidder spent $36,000 on the jersey, blue with No. 13 ironed on, Montana wore at Ringgold Excessive College in Pennsylvania.

The proceeds and earnings from the public sale will go to The 4 Rings Montana Household Basis to help native youngsters’s charities, in line with Sports activities Colours Digest.

“I’ve been lucky to have some unimaginable moments in my profession, however these weren’t simply particular person moments. They had been moments celebrated with a whole fanbase of individuals,” Montana stated by Goldin. 

“I’ve amassed numerous memorabilia over the course of my profession, and I’m excited to share these elements of my assortment for followers to take pleasure in and proceed to relive the reminiscences, the Corridor of Famer added.”

Montana’s profession 49ers stat-line boated 3,409 completions in 5,391 makes an attempt for 40,551 yards and 273 touchdowns.

The 49ers quarterback would in the end be traded earlier than the 1993 season, enjoying his final two seasons for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.

Montana ranks fourth in profession passing yards (40,551 yards), makes an attempt (5,391), and passing touchdowns (273), in line with Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame.