{"product_id":"autographed-signed-doug-flutie-boston-college-maroon-football-jersey-beckett-bas-coa","title":"Autographed\/Signed Doug Flutie Boston College Maroon Football Jersey Beckett BAS COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e🏈 \u003cstrong\u003eVintage Doug Flutie Autographed Boston College Maroon Football Jersey Beckett BAS COA – The Beckett Authentication Services BAS COA Certified Hand-Signed Boston College Eagles Maroon Football Jersey of Doug Flutie, 1984 Heisman Trophy Winner, the Author of the Hail Mary Heard Around College Football, and One of the Most Beloved Quarterbacks in the History of the Game\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 November 23, 1984. The Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The Boston College Eagles trailing the Miami Hurricanes with six seconds left on the clock, the ball at the Miami 48-yard line, and no rational expectation of what happened next. Doug Flutie dropped back, scrambled, and launched a Hail Mary pass toward the end zone – a fifty-yard throw into a crowd of players and the uncertainty that defines every last-second attempt – and Gerard Phelan caught it. Touchdown. Boston College 47, Miami 45. The Miracle in Miami. The play that ended that day, the play that won the Heisman Trophy for Doug Flutie before the vote was even cast, the play that entered the permanent archive of the most remarkable moments in the history of college football. This hand-signed Boston College maroon home jersey, certified authentic by Beckett Authentication Services (BAS) with a Certificate of Authenticity, is the jersey of the quarterback who threw that pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 Douglas Richard Flutie was born on October 23, 1962, in Manchester, Maryland, and grew up in the northeast where he developed the scrambling instinct and the improvised resourcefulness that would define his career as a professional quarterback. At Boston College, he became one of the most celebrated players in the history of the program – the 1984 Heisman Trophy winner, the architect of a play that is still shown to introduce sports audiences to the concept of the miraculous, the kind of college football story that does not fade. His professional career took him through NFL stops and into the Canadian Football League, where he became one of the most dominant players in CFL history across multiple seasons with multiple teams – six Grey Cup championships, six CFL Most Outstanding Player Awards, a body of professional football work in Canada that stands on its own apart from the American story. He returned to the NFL with the Buffalo Bills and contributed meaningfully as a starter, demonstrating that the talent which produced the Hail Mary never diminished. The Boston College maroon jersey – the jersey of that Heisman season and that miraculous throw – signed by Flutie himself and certified by Beckett, is an artifact of college football folklore. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏈 Doug Flutie. Manchester, Maryland. Boston College Eagles. Heisman Trophy 1984. Miracle in Miami. Hail Mary. CFL. Grey Cup. Buffalo Bills. BAS. Beckett. COA. Autographed Jersey. Maroon. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039559004392,"sku":"J-DOUGFLUTIE-BC-MAROON-BAS","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/autographed-signed-doug-flutie-boston-college-maroon-football-jersey-beckett-bas-coa-710.webp?v=1770228871","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/autographed-signed-doug-flutie-boston-college-maroon-football-jersey-beckett-bas-coa","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}