212 results for: Sports
Goodwill Games plastic water bottle, 1990
On July 20, 1990, the Goodwill Games, sponsored in large part by Ted Turner, opened in Seattle. Conceived as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promised international goodwill through world-class competition. Over 2,000 athletes from 54 countries competed in 21 sports events at the University of Washington and other cities in Washington State. The donor of this water…
ID Number:2017.23.1
Date:1990
Miniature basketball for the Seattle women's professional basketball team, the Seattle Reign, 1997
The American Basketball League (ABL) was the first women's professional basketball league and predated the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The ABL proved that women's pro-basketball could be successful. The Seattle Reign were one of the most successful teams in the ABL and included some of the most important women players of the time.
ID Number:2017.23.2
Date:1997
Morehouse college football shirt owned by Samuel B. McKinney, 1940s
Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney (1926-2018) served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest Black churches in the Pacific Northwest, from 1958 to 1998 and again from 2005 to 2008. McKinney was born in Flint, Michigan and grew up Cleveland, Ohio. In 1949 he graduated from Morehouse College, a prestigious historically Black men’s liberal…
ID Number:2017.59.4
Date:1945-1949
Seahawks jacket owned by Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, ca. 2012
This jacket was given to Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-2018) when he was honored during a Seahawks game. McKinney was a prominent civil rights leader and pastor of Seattle’s Mount Zion Baptist Church.
ID Number:2017.59.8
Date:Circa 2012
Football helmet, ZERO1, made by VICIS, 2017
The VICIS Foundation is a Seattle-based organization dedicated to providing high schools and youth leagues with sports protective equipment and sports safety programs. The ZERO1 helmet is a highly-engineered product, the result of three years of research and development influenced by leading athletes, engineers, and neurosurgeons. The helmet provides a wider peripheral view, and the multiple layers mitigate collisions and…
ID Number:2017.68.1
Date:2017
Souvenir hand towel from the 2015 NFC Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers, Jan. 18, 2015
This fan towel is from the 2015 NFC Championship game at Centurylink Field between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers. The game was one of the most thrilling comebacks in team history and the largest halftime comeback ever in a conference championship game. Trailing 16–0 at halftime and 19–7 with under three minutes left in the game, some…
ID Number:2018.30.1
Date:2015
Souvenir bobblehead figurine of professional basketball player Sue Bird, 2010
Isreali-American Sue Bird is the point guard for the Seattle Storm basketball team. She has won an Olympic Gold Medal, an NCAA Championship and a WNBA Championship when the Storm beat the Atlanta Dream in 2010. Bird has been playing basketball professionally for the Seattle Storm since 2002 and, in 2011, was voted one of the league's Top 20 Players…
ID Number:2018.30.2
Date:2010
Souvenir plush toy lion, mascot for the Seattle Goodwill Games, 1990
On July 20, 1990, the Goodwill Games, sponsored in large part by Ted Turner, opened in Seattle. Conceived as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promised international goodwill through world-class competition. Over 2,000 athletes from 54 countries competed in 21 sports events at the University of Washington and other cities in Washington State. Many souvenirs were offered during…
ID Number:2018.30.3
Date:1990
Seattle Mariners baseball, 1977
A local Seattle Mariners fan acquired this baseball at the team's inaugural game on April 6, 1977, at the Kingdome. The Mariners lost the California Angels 7-0.
ID Number:2018.47.2
Date:1977
Trading cards featuring Seattle Seahawks wide receiver, Steve Largent, 1989
Stephen Michael Largent (b. 1954) was a Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks from 1976-1989, holding several all-time receiving records when he retired. Largent then went on to serve in the US House of Representatives for Oklahoma from 1994-2002. These trading cards were made and sold by a Pacific Trading Cards, Inc., an Edmonds, Washington company.
ID Number:2018.51.6
Date:1989