Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

"LJC 12"

Date Range From

1969

Date Range To

1971

Materials

COTTON, POLYESTER

No. Pieces

1

Length

69.8

Width

43.5

Description

GREEN SLEEVE-LESS BASKETBALL JERSEY; JERSEY HAS WHITE STRIPE AND OUTER BLUE STRIPE AROUND ARM-HOLES, STRAPS, AND NECKLINE; FRONT OF JERSEY HAS BLUE LETTERING WITH WHITE EDGING SEWN ON “LJC 12”; BACK HAS BLUE LETTERING WITH WHITE EDGING SEWN ON “12”. JERSEY IS MACHINE STITCHED; JERSEY IS STAINED ON FRONT AND BACK; WHITE STRIPES AND EDGING AROUND LETTERS IS DISCOLOURED AND YELLOWED; FRONT LETTER “J” HAS THREAD FRAYING; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

SPORTS

PERSONAL CARE

History

ON AUGUST 21, 2019, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED JOHN MOLYNEUX REGARDING HIS DONATION OF AN “LJC” BASKETBALL JERSEY. ON THE JERSEY, MOLYNEUX SHARED, “[I KEPT THE JERSEY BECAUSE] I COULDN’T THROW IT AWAY…THE LJC-THING HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT…THERE PROBABLY WEREN’T ANY [UNIFORM SHORTS]. I THINK WE ALL JUST WORE DIFFERENT COLORED SHORTS…BUT I’M PRETTY SURE THERE WASN’T ANY MATCHING SHORTS. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT ONE TIME...” “[I ONLY WORE THE JERSEY] ONE OR TWO TOURNAMENTS, THAT WAS ALL…ONE [TOURNAMENT] WAS AT TABER, AND THE OTHER ONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY…SENIOR MEN’S LEAGUE, OR SENIOR MEN’S TOURNAMENT.” MOLYNEUX ELABORATED ON HIS TIME PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH THE LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE, NOTING, “IN 1970, IN THE SPRING SEMESTER…I WAS ATTENDING THE COLLEGE, AND I HAD PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL [WITH CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL]. [THE COLLEGE] HAD NO INTER-COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL, AT THAT TIME…THEY HAD HAD PREVIOUSLY, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT DIED OUT…THAT SEMESTER, JACK LILJA (HE USED TO PLAY FOR LETHBRIDGE BRODERS), I DON’T KNOW IF HE TALKED TO TOMMY CAIRNS OR WHAT, BUT THEY GOT [A BUNCH OF GUYS WHO WANTED TO PLAY BASKETBALL] TO GO IN A FEW TOURNAMENTS…JACK PLAYED WITH US, ACTUALLY, AND I THINK WE WENT INTO ONE OR TWO TOURNAMENTS, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LEAGUE PLAY…THESE JERSEYS WERE HANGING AROUND, SO WE…KEPT IT. THE NEXT YEAR, WE PLAYED IN THE CITY MEN’S LEAGUE…THE COLLEGE SPONSORED US, AND WE HAD DIFFERENT JERSEYS. IT WASN’T THE LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR COLLEGE THEN; IT WAS THE LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, I PLAYED FOR THE KODIAKS…” “[THE FIRST YEAR] WAS JUST A BUNCH OF GUYS COMING TOGETHER THAT HAD PLAYED BASKETBALL, BUT WE WENT INTO A FEW TOURNAMENTS. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY HAD SOME MONEY TO BURN, OR BUDGET, IN THE COLLEGE PHYS-ED DEPARTMENT…THE NEXT YEAR WE WENT INTO THE CITY MEN’S LEAGUE. THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURED. TIM TOLLESTRUP WAS THE COACH THEN, AND THE NEXT YEAR IT WAS THE KODIAKS, AND TOMMY CAIRNS WAS THE COACH.” “[I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF WE HAD A TEAM NAME THE FIRST YEAR] THE NEXT YEAR, WE WERE CALLED THE LETHBRIDGE CAMPUS KINGS…THE YEAR AFTER, IT WAS THE KODIAKS. THE KODIAKS, AT THAT TIME, WE ALL HAD TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS.” “I CAN’T REMEMBER THE TOURNAMENT…BUT I THINK, AT THAT TIME…THE UNIVERSITY WAS STILL JOINED TO THE COLLEGE OUT THERE, AND I THINK WE HAD SOME UNIVERSITY PLAYERS, TOO, THAT PLAYED IN THESE TWO TOURNAMENTS...” “[WE WERE PRACTICING] AT THE COLLEGE…JUST A SMALL GYM COMPARED TO WHAT THEY GOT NOW…I WAS GUARD, NOT VERY TALL.” ON HIS TIME PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, MOLYNEUX RECALLED, “THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, I PLAYED BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, BUT ONCE THIS ENDED, [MY TIME PLAYING SPORTS] WAS PRETTY WELL STOPPED. IT WAS LIKE ‘GO TO WORK’…[IN BASKETBALL I ENJOYED] THE COMPETITION, COMRADESHIP…” “[IT WASN’T HARD TO BALANCE MY STUDIES AND SPORTS] THEY WEREN’T QUITE AS STRICT AS THEY ARE NOW, WITH KEEPING YOUR GRADE POINT UP…[I WAS TAKING] BUSINESS ADMIN.” “[SPORTS WERE] A BIG PART [OF MY COLLEGE DAYS]…THE YEAR I PLAYED FOR THE KODIAKS, I HURT MY KNEE IN DECEMBER, SO I MISSED MOST OF THE SEASON, BUT THEY GAVE [ME] A SCHOLARSHIP, SO THAT HELPED. IT WASN’T MUCH—A TUITION SCHOLARSHIP WHICH I THINK WAS $80.00-$90.00 PER SEMESTER, BUT EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPED. JUST THE TEAM ATMOSPHERE…JUST TO BE PART OF A GROUP…I LOVED THE SPORT.” IN A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE FROM JUNE 14, 1968, CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL HONOURED JOHN MOLYNEUX AS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FOR HIS PARTICIPATION ON THE CATHOLIC CENTRAL “COUGARS” FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS. FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20190021000-GA.

Catalogue Number

P20190021000

Acquisition Date

2019-08

Collection

Museum

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