Colin Kaepernick’s Jersey: The jersey which was worn by the famous footballer in his very first National Football League has already set world records for auction. The jersey has been auctioned for dollars 128k, which is no doubt the highest for a sports jersey. It can be said that this news has created history.
According to TMZ reports, it is known that Colin Kaepernick’s jersey is sold for the highest money, considering the category of National Football League jersey.
Know more about Colin Kaepernick’s Jersey:
Colin Kaepernick or Colin Rand Kaepernick was born on 3 November 1987. He is an American civil right activist and football quarterback too. He has played 6 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in National Football League.
He has been awarded many honors, in GQ Magazine he was titled “Citizen Of The Year 2017” and was awarded the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. These awards gained by him show his talents and achievements.
In fact, Colin Kaepernick has not played in a single game in National Football League for nearly four years, but he was successful in setting up the world record with his jersey, indeed a big achievement! Colin may be years removed from football, but he is still counted among the famous and most successful footballers.
Being a social activist, Colin is also known for the act of kneeling down during the national anthem to show respect to the black lives matter movement and to the people of color.
Know all about the famous jersey
The San Francisco 49ers jersey worn by Colin on 2 October 2011, was auctioned at Julien’s auction. The highest auctioned jersey has become the most expensive NFL jersey ever worn.
Colin’s jersey is still clean and white. The reason behind it is that the jersey was worn by Colin, whose debut consisted of a single handoff to Frank Gore in a 24-23 match.
The jersey was signed by Colin with a message written on it “2011 game-worn rookie jersey.” The jersey was then gifted as Christmas gift to his family friend- Aaron Prince. Aaron Prince then auctioned the jersey in 2019. This jersey has brought up the records with its auction.
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