Richmond Football Club jumper with lace-up front and number 4 on the back, worn by Royce Hart in 1973

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Type: Football uniforms
Date: 1973
Materials: Textile - non specific
Collection: Royce Hart collection
Accession number: 2015.0022.0040

Description

A black vest with yellow sash design running diagonally across the lace-up front. The top half of the sash is signed and dated in black marker 'Royce Hart / 1973'. There is a white number '4' on the back.

Richmond Football club jumper worn by Royce Hart in 1973, including in the Grand Final.

About the collection

The Royce Hart collection documents Hart's Australian Rules football career at Richmond Football Club from 1966 to 1977. Hart's career coincided with the club's most successful era during which Richmond and Hart played in five Grand Finals, winning four. Hart captained the team from 1972 to 1975 and was awarded the club's best and fairest medal, the Jack Dyer medal, on two occasions. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and, in 2013, was elevated to the status of 'Legend'. He was named in the AFL's team of the century in 1996, and in Richmond's team of the century. The collection includes team jumpers, blazers, trophies, medals, photographs, magazines, posters and documents. Australian Rules football evolved in Melbourne in the mid-nineteenth century. Codified in 1859, the game drew on other ball games but developed a distinct style of play. It is Australia's most popular indigenous game and has spread from its Melbourne birthplace to all Australian states and territories where it is played and supported in increasing numbers.

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