State Forty Eight debuts Pat Tillman shirts

According to the Phoenix Business Journal, the clothing company out of Chandler, State Forty Eight, has created a new line of shirts dedicated to Arizona icon Pat Tillman. Proceeds of every purchase will go toward the Pat Tillman Foundation.

Michael Spangenberg, co-founder of State Forty Eight, who has a Pat Tillman tattoo, said that the company had been in talks with the Tillman Foundation for a while about the idea of developing a shirt in memory of Tillman.

State Forty Eight has seen tremendous success of the Bruce Arians shirt, so the thought of creating a new line for someone like Tillman was too big of an opportunity.

“Growing up here, it’s someone we latched onto,” Spangenberg said.

The Tillman shirts are available in a crew-neck and V-neck style, and range from $28 to $30. The shirts feature the Arizona Cardinals team colors with Tillman’s number 40 and the foundation logo.

So far, the company has received 55 pre-orders, one of State Forty Eight’s most successful pre-orders.

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