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79-81 Keith Brown

Keith was always known for being one of the strongest guys in the league, although he rarely dropped the gloves. If he had not been hurt during the '92 Finals, would the Hawks have lost? Maybe, but I bet they would not have been swept.

80-82 Keith Brown Coane Dureen road. The jersey shows great use, 12 repairs, great interior pilling, some unrepaired holes and snags, stick marks, stains and paint transfers as well. Has a snap-style fight strap and some of the stitching on the interior elbow reinforcements has come undone and they have "rolled" a bit. Gunzo's tag is torn, but most of it is still in the neck with the Coane size tag. Great jersey.

This jersey was a one year (supposed to be anyway) style used in 79-80 made by Coane (Note the wide black stripes on the hem). However, in 80-81, Sandow supplied the Hawks jerseys for the first time and they came in too long... they evidently looked like dresses on the players, so they were sent back to Sandow to be hemmed. (Sandow black script Hawks jerseys have the bottoms re-hemmed). This set was then reused in first half of 80-81. I recently have also video matched this jersey to the 1st road game of 81-82... so they very likely used this jersey in 3 seasons!

That said, originally, this jersey looks to possibly have been a #18 used by Greg Fox in 79-80, recycled to a #4 Keith Brown in 80-81. Brown might have worn it in 79-80 as well, still researching... He wore #25 at one time, so perhaps his entire rookie year of 79-80.

Note the thick black stripes on the hem, unique to the Coane jerseys.

881-82 Topps card

I believe this picture to be a match, looks to be the stain on the front hem in the pic. Also note the positioning of the crest (almost touching the neck) and the thick Coane-style stripes.

Stats:

Keith Brown Defense Born May 6 1960 -- Cornerbrook, NFLD Height 6.01 -- Weight 191 -- Shoots R Selected by Chicago Blackhawks round 1 #7 overall 1979 NHL Entry Draft --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ---- Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1976-77 Fort Saskatchewan Traders AJHL 59 14 61 75 14 1976-77 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 2 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- 1977-78 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 72 11 53 64 51 8 0 3 3 2 1978-79 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 70 11 85 96 75 25 3 30 33 21 1979-80 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 2 18 20 27 6 0 0 0 4 1980-81 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 9 34 43 80 3 0 2 2 2 1981-82 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 33 4 20 24 26 4 0 2 2 5 1982-83 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 50 4 27 31 20 7 0 0 0 11 1983-84 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 74 10 25 35 94 5 0 1 1 10 1984-85 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 56 1 22 23 55 11 2 7 9 31 1985-86 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 11 29 40 87 3 0 1 1 9 1986-87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 73 4 23 27 86 4 0 1 1 6 1987-88 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 24 3 6 9 45 5 0 2 2 10 1988-89 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 74 2 16 18 84 13 1 3 4 25 1989-90 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 67 5 20 25 87 18 0 4 4 43 1990-91 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 45 1 10 11 55 6 1 0 1 8 1991-92 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 57 6 10 16 69 14 0 8 8 18 1992-93 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 33 2 6 8 39 4 0 1 1 2 1993-94 Florida Panthers NHL 51 4 8 12 60 -- -- -- -- -- 1994-95 Florida Panthers NHL 13 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 876 68 274 342 916 103 4 32 36 184

(stats provided by www.hockeydb.com)