Herman Goldberg Olympics shirt

Date1936 August 01

DescriptionCream-colored shirt with red piping around the neckline, front placket and sleeves. Five yellow buttons run down the front placket. "US" is embroidered in blue and red across the front chest, with the "U" on the proper right side and the "S" on the proper left side. Proper left sleeve has a shield-shaped patch featuring a stars and stripes design with the Olympic rings. Reverse has "17" in blue felt. Interior back of the neck has a manufacturer label.

Bio/Historical NoteShirt worn by U.S. catcher-outfielder Herman Goldberg, one of six American Jewish athletes to participate in the 1936 Olympic Summer Games in Nazi Germany.

Object numberB-1949-0046-02

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Wilson Sporting Goods Company

Subject Goldberg, Herman, 1915-1996

Attributes

Classificationsuniforms

Dimensions18.5 x 31.5 in.

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