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SWEET VINTAGE LOGO ATHLETIC INDIANAPOLIS COLTS EDGERRIN JAMES JERSEY

SIZE: LARGE

 ARMPIT-TO-ARMPIT: 24"

 LENGTH: 28 1/4" 

LOGO ATHLETIC ONLY SURVIVED FOR 4 YEAR OR LESS

SOME QUICK HISTORY ON LOGO ATHLETIC

The plant has a long history here. It was founded in 1971 by Thomas Shine under the Logo 7 banner to manufacture sports apparel.

Mall pioneers Herb and Mel Simon bought the operation in 1984, just after purchasing the Indiana Pacers. In 1992, when the Simons sold Logo 7 to Virginia-based Tultex Corp., the company employed about 500.

In 1997, as employment at the plant grew to more than 900, the operation changed its name to Logo Athletic.

In 1998, a local group headed by Shine, the Simon brothers and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway bought the company back from Tultex. But just two years later, Logo Athletic declared bankruptcy during a free fall in the sporting apparel industry.

In 2001, Reebok bought the operation for a fire-sale price of $13.8 million—$83 million less than what it sold for three years earlier—and used the facility to produce much of its NFL-related merchandise.

The plant became a part of Adidas when the German company bought Reebok in 2006 for $3.8 billion.