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As the NFL season reaches its third week of the 2015 campaign, a variety of stars have sported intriguing silhouettes ranging from notable Nike Football staples to Air Jordans. The aforementioned Air Jordans have been wide-ranging as the various endorsers across the league have been fixtures of the Gridiron Kicks’ Starting-11 countdown.
Throughout the month of September, we’ll continue to highlight the notable Air Jordan silhouettes that have made their way onto the NFL gridiron. Within this edition of Nice Kicks Throwback Thursday, the Air Jordan 9 is featured, as the rather “niche” model has been seen throughout three different decades.
To see more, check out the video above and flip through the pages below to enjoy additional history.
“The Forgotten One” // The Air Jordan 9
It may be hyperbole to consider the Air Jordan 9 to be “The Forgotten” silhouette within the Air Jordan lineage, but with the circumstances involved, it’s easy to see how that assertion was derived. For starters, the Air Jordan 9 was the first model to not be sported by Michael Jordan on the hardwood during his Chicago Bulls tenure. Retiring prior to the 1993-94 NBA season to pursue a baseball career, the Air Jordan 9 would arrive in a “cleated” form as Jordan sported this during his stint with the Birmingham Barons.
However, plenty of NBA stars looked to prop up the silhouette in MJ’s absence as we witnessed the likes of Penny Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and BJ Armstrong wear the Air Jordan 9.
