1980 Phillies team spikes - original

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

Name/Title

1980 Phillies team spikes - original

Entry/Object ID

2023.52

Tags

Phillies

Description

Converse spikes from 1980 Phillies World series

Collection

Avallon Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Converse

Date made

circa 1980

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Avallon to Phila. Sports Hall of Fame

Notes

In the early 1980s Ken Avallon was friends with Phillies ball boy Gary Watts. For the 1980 World Series Converse provided a number of pairs of spikes to the Phillies bat boys and ball boys. Gary gave Ken this brand new pair of spikes. Ken wore them to play football in the early-mid 1980s. In 2004 Ken donated these spikes to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame