BUFFALO, N.Y. – One of the largest Buffalo Bills memorabilia collections is now on display at the Buffalo History Museum.
The museum acquired the private collection from long time Bills fan and season ticket holder, Greg Tranter. Tranter has been collecting memorabilia for over 50 years.
Tranter also pledged $100,000 to fund the acquisition to support the processing of the collection.
The collection has over 100,000 archival artifacts, 78 jerseys, 14 helmets, 40 pairs of gloves, jackets, shoulder pads, thigh pads, pants, shoes and footballs.
There are also bobble heads, Flutie Flakes, jewelry, pennants, cups, stuffed animals and ticket stubs and every program from every Bills game ever played.
Some highlights of the Tranter Buffalo Bills Football Memorabilia Collection are:
- Blue and Silver jersey from the 1960/61 season worn by Art Baker – the only known jersey of this type known to still exist
- O.J. Simpson game worn jersey from his 1973 record breaking season
- Game worn jerseys of Bills Hall of Famers – Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith, James Lofton and Joe DeLamielleure
- Joe Ferguson and Joe Cribbs jerseys from the 1980 AFC East Championship team
- Scott Norwood Game worn helmet from Super Bowl XXV
- Marv Levy’s game worn jacket
- Standing Buffalo helmets from the late 1960’s
- Ahmad Rashad 1974 game worn helmet
- Fred Jackson and Eric Wood game worn helmets
- Doug Flutie, Jim Ritcher and Jim Kelly game worn shoes
- Terrell Owens, Andre Reed, Stevie Johnson, Ruben Brown, Brian Moorman and Thurman Thomas game worn gloves
- Darryl Talley, Joe Cribbs, Joe Delamielleure & Scott Norwood Pro Bowl jerseys
- Game Balls awarded to Scott Norwood for the Fandemoneum game, Sam Adams & Mario Clark
- Buffalo Bills standing buffalo helmet Lapel Pins worn by the Secret Service during the
- 1996 Presidential election while guarding Vice Presidential nominee Jack Kemp
- 1992 and 1993 AFC Championship watches
- 1964 & 1965 Team picture Championship Pennants
- 1965 Volpe Cup 12 player set
- 1994 NFL Draft Day standing buffalo helmet telephone
- A Buffalo Bills snowblower
The collection is now on display at the museum. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday each week. For more information on the Buffalo History Museum visit http://www.buffalohistory.org/