Shoes worn by Michael Jordan

An auction household offers the winning bidder of a pair of shoes, advertised as donned by jordan during his freshman year at vermont, an opportunity to return them to get their cash back.

The state from Grey Flannel Auctions informed ESPN.com on Saturday that it had received a page from Lindsay Reed, who was simply students manager on the staff in the year before Jordan's freshman 12 months (1980-81) and staff statistician for Jordan's freshman year, that assured them that what they sold days ago for $33, 387 cannot have-been game-worn by Jordan.

"The 1981-1982 UNC basketball group failed to put on blue Converse basketball footwear at any point during ... season, " Reed published. "we challenge you to create a photograph of a 1981-82 UNC basketball online game (house or away) for which any member of the 1981-1982 UNC basketball staff is wearing blue Converse footwear. No these types of picture is present."

After word of the sale started initially to distribute, doubts appeared the type of knowledgeable about North Carolina basketball record. Broadcaster Wes Durham, whoever dad Woody ended up being the "Voice of Tar Heels" from 1971 to 2011, tweeted: "The shoe ended up being used just before his arrival ('79 to '81), but do not remember that model being used after he appeared."

Although gray Flannel executives had been told through the consigner, which produced paperwork of their friendship with Jordan from that age, your shoes were game-worn, the auction house did not have an image of Jordan using everything other than white Converse shoes from that period. Grey Flannel's Michael Russek said at that time he had been confident with the consigner's story because so few general public photographs been around of Jordan's footwear during his freshman 12 months.

Reed surmised in his letter that Jordan may have obtained the shoes from of his teammates who had the shoes through the earlier period, and that Jordan may have even used all of them - simply not in a game.

Stated Russek: "they're nonetheless fantastic footwear."

Gray Flannel stated during the time of the sale your collector who bought the shoes wanted to remain anonymous.