Kobe Bryant played basketball at Lower Merion High School in Philadelphia
, the collector —who was suspicious the jersey had been stolen — contacted the school and sent it back to Pennsylvania.
“That was kind of an iconic moment when the spotlight went on that jersey. It was just tremendous,” Lower Merion coach Gregg Downer told NBC Philadelphia. “It was major irony, almost, how we’ve been waiting for that jersey for a long time. For a long time we didn’t know where it was. To have it back, it’s a fitting ending to a tough week.
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