Scarce warm-up uniform issued to members of the American women’s field hockey team for the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics. Made by Levi’s, the official outfitter of Team USA for the XXII Olympiad, the plush (acrylic and polyester blend) patriotically colored zippered jacket (medium/small) and drawstring pants (size 30 x 31) ensemble features Levi’s patches to both, with the jacket also containing an embroidered “USA, 1980 Olympic Team” patch, a “Field Hockey” patch, and the back emblazoned with large “USA” lettering. In overall fine condition. The United States led sixty-five countries in a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Summer Games to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
From the personal collection of Diane Moyer, a goalkeeper for the Team USA women’s field hockey team that won a bronze medal at the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics.
From The Diane Moyer Collection.
