On View
Sports Gallery
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Manufactured by
Champion, American, founded 1919
Worn by
Leslie, Lisa Deshaun, American, born 1972
Subject of
Los Angeles Sparks, American, founded 1997
Women’s National Basketball Association, American, founded 1996
Date
1999
Medium
synthetic fiber with cotton
Dimensions
H x W: 32 × 17 in. (81.3 × 43.2 cm)
Description
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.
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 depicted
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Clothing - Sports Uniforms
Type
jerseys
sports uniforms
Topic
Athletes
Basketball
Clothing and dress
Sports
U.S. History, 1969-2001
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2016.92.7
Restrictions & Rights
© Los Angeles Sparks
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd510ae6355-f77e-46e0-a957-b0ebfe01ca8f

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