{"product_id":"autographed-signed-henri-richard-montreal-red-hockey-jersey-jsa-coa","title":"Autographed\/Signed Henri Richard Montreal Red Hockey Jersey JSA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e🏒 \u003cstrong\u003eAutographed\/Signed Henri Richard Montreal Canadiens Red Hockey Jersey — JSA COA — The Hand-Signed Montreal Canadiens Red Jersey Authenticated by James Spence Authentication Bearing the Signature of the Late Henri \"The Pocket Rocket\" Richard, the Montreal, Quebec Native Who Won Eleven Stanley Cup Championships — the Most of Any Player in NHL History — During His Twenty-Year Career as a Montreal Canadien and Who Passed Away on December 27, 2020, Leaving Behind a Legacy That the History of Professional Hockey Cannot Be Accurately Told Without\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 Eleven. The number stands alone in the history of professional hockey — eleven Stanley Cup championships won by a single player across a single career with a single franchise. Henri Richard's eleven rings make him the most decorated champion in NHL history by any measure, a record achieved not through an accident of timing or a passive presence on dominant teams but through the active, sustained, essential contribution of a center whose playing career ran from 1955 through 1975 — twenty seasons in the red and blue of the Montreal Canadiens — and whose skill, tenacity, and competitive intelligence were central to every championship his team won. This autographed Montreal Canadiens red jersey, authenticated by James Spence Authentication, carries the signature of a man who is no longer with us, signed during his lifetime as a legacy piece connecting collectors to one of hockey's most extraordinary careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 Henri Richard was born on February 29, 1936, in Montreal, Quebec — a Leap Day birthday, one of the unusual details of a life that was full of the unusual. He was the younger brother of Maurice \"The Rocket\" Richard, the most celebrated player in Montreal Canadiens history, and from the beginning his career existed in the shadow of a legendary older sibling in a way that might have defined a lesser player's narrative as derivative or secondary. Instead, Henri carved out a career that stands entirely on its own merits: a center whose size — 5'7\", 160 pounds — earned the nickname \"The Pocket Rocket\" but whose competitive determination and hockey intelligence produced results at the highest level of the game that required no qualification based on stature. He was not the player he was despite his size — he was the player he was because of everything he was, size included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 The Canadiens dynasty that Richard played through was the greatest sustained winning run in NHL history: five consecutive Stanley Cups from 1956 to 1960, and six more in the years that followed. Through Boom Boom Geoffrion, Jean Béliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Dryden, and Scotty Bowman's coaching tenures, Henri Richard was a constant — a player who bridged eras of the franchise without losing relevance or production, who won championships in three different decades, and who retired as the most decorated player the sport had ever produced. His induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979 confirmed what every player and coach who had competed against him already understood. Henri Richard passed away on December 27, 2020, in Montreal, at the age of 84, ending a life spent entirely in the city where he was born and in service to the franchise he helped define. The signed red jersey, authenticated during his lifetime, is the piece that connects the collector to that history. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 Henri Richard. The Pocket Rocket. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Born February 29, 1936. Passed December 27, 2020. Montreal Canadiens (1955-1975). 11 Stanley Cup Championships. Most in NHL History. Hockey Hall of Fame 1979. Brother of Maurice Richard. Montreal Canadiens Red Jersey. JSA COA. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039528071400,"sku":"J-HENRIRICHARD-MON-RED-JSA","price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/autographed-signed-henri-richard-montreal-red-hockey-jersey-jsa-coa-vintage-treasures-410.webp?v=1770211467","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/autographed-signed-henri-richard-montreal-red-hockey-jersey-jsa-coa","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}