Los Angeles Sparks Jersey worn by Lisa Leslie
date: label: Date
content: 1999
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Champion, American, founded 1919
label: Worn by
content: Lisa Deshaun Leslie, American, born 1972
label: Subject of
content: Los Angeles Sparks, American, founded 1997
label: Subject of
content: Women’s National Basketball Association, American, founded 1996
notes: label: Description
content: A 1999 Lisa Leslie game worn WNBA Los Angeles Sparks jersey. The purple jersey has teal straps and a yellow trim. There is a black horizontal stripe (memorial band) on the proper left shoulder. The stripe starts on the yellow neckline and goes to the edge of the sleeve. There is a white [SPARKS] logo on the front, across the chest. The logo has a yellow outline and a white, yellow, and teal design coming out of the top of the [K]. There is a white number [9] with a yellow outline under the team’s name. A blue, white, and red WNBA logo is above the first letter [S] in [Sparks]. There are tags on the bottom of the jersey on the proper left side. The larger label is white, purple, teal, yellow, orange, and black. It reads [LOS ANGELES / SPARKS] and [DESIGNED & TAILORED BY / Champion / EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE / LOS ANGELES SPARKS / 1999]. There are four orange and white basketball illustrations, and there is a red, white, and blue WNBA logo. The second label is white with a red and blue Champion logo. The jersey is rounded at the bottom and goes up a bit higher on the two sides. The yellow side panels are mesh.
label: Description
content: The back of the jersey is teal on the top and reads [LESLIE] in white. The center of the back of the jersey is purple with a white number “9” with a yellow outline. The jersey has a few loose threads at the edges.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Sports Uniforms
label: Exhibition
content: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.92.7
objectType: label: Type
content: jerseys
label: Type
content: sports uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Los Angeles Sparks
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: synthetic fiber with cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 32 × 17 in. (81.3 × 43.2 cm)