🏈 Vintage Autographed/Signed Joe Theismann “83 MVP” Washington Commanders Full Size Brown Wilson Football Beckett BAS COA – Hand-Signed and “83 MVP” Inscribed by the Washington Redskins Quarterback Who Won the Super Bowl XVII Championship, Was Named the 1983 NFL Most Valuable Player, and Whose Career Ended on the Most Famous Play in Monday Night Football History, Confirmed Authentic by Beckett Authentication Services

🏈 A signed full-size NFL football with an inscription from the player who held it is one of the most personal pieces of sports memorabilia the hobby produces – the exact object the game is played with, signed by the quarterback who played the game, with his own notation of the season that defined his individual excellence. Joe Theismann signed this Wilson football and inscribed “83 MVP” to mark the 1983 NFL Most Valuable Player Award – the formal recognition he received that year for one of the most productive quarterback seasons the Washington Redskins produced during the Joe Gibbs era. The Beckett BAS authentication confirms the hand that placed both the signature and the inscription was Theismann's, and the full-size Wilson ball provides the most authentic possible signing surface for a quarterback whose relationship with the football was the center of a career that defined an era of Washington football.

🏈 Joe Theismann was born September 9, 1949, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and built his professional career as the starting quarterback of the Washington Redskins during the head coaching tenure of Joe Gibbs – the era when the franchise won two Super Bowl championships and made the Redskins one of the most successful franchises in the NFC over a five-year period from 1982 through 1987. Theismann was the quarterback who stood behind center during Super Bowl XVII after the 1982 season, leading the Redskins over the Miami Dolphins 27-17 in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and winning the franchise's first Super Bowl championship since 1973. His partnership with running back John Riggins on that team produced one of the most celebrated moments in Super Bowl history – Riggins' 43-yard touchdown run off the left side in the fourth quarter that broke open a close game and gave Washington the championship.

🏈 The 1983 season that Theismann's inscription commemorates was the best individual year of his professional career – earning the Associated Press NFL MVP Award as the best player in the game that year and leading the Redskins to a 14-2 regular season record that was among the finest in the franchise's history. The following year, on Monday Night Football on November 18, 1985, Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants sacked Theismann and broke both bones in his right leg – a play that ended his career in the most public and devastating way, broadcast live to millions of viewers in one of the most replayed moments in professional football broadcasting history. The jersey, the reputation, the MVP Award, and the championship that preceded that moment are what this football commemorates, and the “83 MVP” inscription places it in the specific chapter of Theismann's career when Washington was at its very best. Condition: NOS.

✍️ This full-size Wilson football carries Joe Theismann's personal signature and “83 MVP” inscription, confirmed authentic by Beckett Authentication Services (BAS). Condition: NOS.

🏈 Joe Theismann. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Washington Redskins. 1983 AP NFL MVP. Super Bowl XVII Champion. Full Size Wilson Football. “83 MVP” Inscription. BAS COA. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.