U.S. National Team Basketball Uniform worn by Evelyn Jordan
date: label: Date made
content: 1955
name: label: maker
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Company
label: associated institution
content: Pan American Games
label: wearer
content: Jordan, Evelyn
label: maker
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: U.S. National Team basketball uniform jersey and shorts worn by Evelyn "Eckie" Jordan in 1955 at the Pan American Games held in Mexico City, Mexico. "Eckie" was a star guard for the Hanes Hosiery AAU teams in the 1950s winning the 1951, 1952, and 1953 AAU national titles. The team won 102 consecutive games in the early 1950s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: textile league
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hanes Hosiery, Inc., through Robert E. Simms
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0159.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0159
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0159.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jersey
label: Object Name
content: uniform
label: Object Name
content: basketball uniform
label: Object Name
content: basketball warm-up
label: Object Name
content: basketball jersey
label: Object Name
content: basketball shorts
label: Object Name
content: uniform, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in x 23 1/2 in; 72.39 cm x 59.69 cm