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Date Posted: 19:29:48 11/28/21 Sun
Author: charles arey
Author Host/IP: 173.187.51.210
Subject: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs

While doing research (which generally means examining digitized old college and university yearbooks) I occasionally run into photographs showing helmets that I cannot identify. Here's a link to a composite image showing 49 such unknown designs, with the known opposing team and apparent year of the photograph, in most cases:

https://i.imgur.com/GDuK0Nk.gif

Since the histories for the larger universities are fairly well-known now, most of these are NCAA Division II and III, and NAIA teams. Some, however, may be junior college teams, junior varsity teams, semi-pro teams, prep schools, 'alumni teams', and for the earlier years perhaps military base teams.

I present them here with the following objectives:

1) To give some idea of the wealth of interesting "unknown" designs yet awaiting "re-discovery";

2) To give some idea of how challenging it is to pin down accurate histories for teams when photographs like these are the best available;

3) To see if anybody can identify them!

Many identifications could probably be achieved simply by examining the schedules for the respective teams and using logic - if there's a "bear" on the helmet the team nickname is probably not "Eagles", etc.

There are several for which I have a fairly high suspected identity (#13 may be UBC, #34 may be Azusa Pacific) but most are a complete mystery.

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 21:12:22 11/28/21 Sun (71.211.170.220)

#34 Vs. Santa Clara is Northern Arizona.

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 09:40:16 12/03/21 Fri (73.113.67.223)

I think 33 might be Western State (CO)

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 21:19:46 11/28/21 Sun (71.211.170.220)

#49 Vs. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI State is Missouri State

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- Bud, 11:32:00 11/29/21 Mon (104.3.112.146)

>#49 Vs. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI State is Missouri State

Actually, it's Maryville College, from Maryville, Tennessee. I found a yearbook photo of a 1967 game vs. Maryville and it's the exact helmet in question. Maryville is known as the Scots, so that's the MS abbreviation. Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State in 1967, so it would have been unlikely to use the MS initials at that time. I sent the picture to Charles.

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- Bud, 21:21:06 11/28/21 Sun (104.3.112.146)

>While doing research (which generally means examining
>digitized old college and university yearbooks) I
>occasionally run into photographs showing helmets that
>I cannot identify. Here's a link to a composite image
>showing 49 such unknown designs, with the known
>opposing team and apparent year of the photograph, in
>most cases:
>
>https://i.imgur.com/GDuK0Nk.gif
>
>Since the histories for the larger universities are
>fairly well-known now, most of these are NCAA Division
>II and III, and NAIA teams. Some, however, may be
>junior college teams, junior varsity teams, semi-pro
>teams, prep schools, 'alumni teams', and for the
>earlier years perhaps military base teams.
>
>I present them here with the following objectives:
>
>1) To give some idea of the wealth of interesting
>"unknown" designs yet awaiting "re-discovery";
>
>2) To give some idea of how challenging it is to pin
>down accurate histories for teams when photographs
>like these are the best available;
>
>3) To see if anybody can identify them!
>
>Many identifications could probably be achieved simply
>by examining the schedules for the respective teams
>and using logic - if there's a "bear" on the helmet
>the team nickname is probably not "Eagles", etc.
>
>There are several for which I have a fairly high
>suspected identity (#13 may be UBC, #34 may be Azusa
>Pacific) but most are a complete mystery.

The 1978 Sewanee opponent I think is what is now Rhodes College. For much of its history, until 1984, Rhodes was known as Southwestern at Memphis (SAM). The helmet is red and Rhodes' colors are red and black.

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 22:52:15 11/28/21 Sun (71.211.170.220)

#42 Vs. Clarion is Edinboro

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 00:38:54 11/29/21 Mon (97.125.179.10)

#23 Merchant Marine, the only M school Colgate played, but it was in 1964.

#49 can't be Missouri state because that was known as SW Missouri St. at that time.

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 00:48:16 11/29/21 Mon (97.125.179.10)

>#23 Merchant Marine, the only M school Colgate played,
>but it was in 1964.
>
>#49 can't be Missouri state because that was known as
>SW Missouri St. at that time.

#7 is probably Hamline..only school they played that year that ended in ...e U

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- David H, 10:38:20 11/29/21 Mon (73.113.67.223)

#6 I think I've seen before and it's Caroll College in Wisconsin

#12 Is Valaparasio and I think you have this helmet on the site already.....

#15 North Dakota or Nebraska Omaha

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 12:37:15 12/01/21 Wed (96.94.187.57)

>#6 I think I've seen before and it's Caroll College in
>Wisconsin
>
>#12 Is Valaparasio and I think you have this helmet on
>the site already.....
>
>#15 North Dakota or Nebraska Omaha

Six is probably not Carroll as I couldn't find a game vs My Denarii in the 80s my guess is possibly Concordia(WI)

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[> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 09:36:50 12/02/21 Thu (73.113.67.223)

*Mount Senario

Also here's the photo but a full version

https://i.imgur.com/EKMWDyw.jpg

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 11:48:54 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

I stand corrected on #49. Thanks for pointing that out.
I had Missouri State on the brain as this same helmet (#49) can be found in the 1968 Missouri State YB.

#49 is actually Truman State. Back then they were known as Northeast Missouri State College.

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- Bud, 12:28:18 11/29/21 Mon (104.3.112.146)

>I stand corrected on #49. Thanks for pointing that out.
>I had Missouri State on the brain as this same helmet
>(#49) can be found in the 1968 Missouri State YB.
>
>#49 is actually Truman State. Back then they were
>known as Northeast Missouri State College.

See my earlier comment -- it's Maryville College from Maryville, TN; the Maryville Scots -- "MS"

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[> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 13:42:36 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#49 is definitely Truman State. The "MS" helmet is represented well in the 1968 Truman State YB. I would post some awesome pics if I could.

Maryville wore white helmets w/ a single dark stripe in 1967
(again, if I could post pics...)

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[> [> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- Bud, 16:26:51 11/29/21 Mon (104.3.112.146)

>#49 is definitely Truman State. The "MS" helmet is
>represented well in the 1968 Truman State YB. I would
>post some awesome pics if I could.
>
>Maryville wore white helmets w/ a single dark stripe
>in 1967
>(again, if I could post pics...)

So, yes, I see the same helmet in the NEMO (Truman State) yearbook too. The picture I found in the Southwest Missouri State yearbook for 1968 was mislabeled because the caption clearly says that the SWMO player is about to tackle the Maryville ball-carrier, and the ball-carrier has on that exact Truman State helmet, so it was a NEMO ball-carrier. And yes, the Maryville helmets are as described, with the single stripe. Mystery solved!

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 17:22:09 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

Agreed. That caption on the Missouri State photo threw me off also! Then a few pages later you see the football schedule for Missouri State in that same YB and they didn't even play Maryville that year! Awesome job on that #38 Sewanee. Some of these are frustrating to find for sure! I think I found some others but it is more of a process of elimination.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 08:39:39 12/03/21 Fri (73.113.67.223)

>Agreed. That caption on the Missouri State photo threw
>me off also! Then a few pages later you see the
>football schedule for Missouri State in that same YB
>and they didn't even play Maryville that year! Awesome
>job on that #38 Sewanee. Some of these are frustrating
>to find for sure! I think I found some others but it
>is more of a process of elimination.

Also Maryville could have been referring to Northwest Missouri State whose located in Maryville, MO.

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 18:42:53 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#18 Vs. Lehigh has got to be Rutgers. That looks like a scarlet knight logo.

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 18:45:38 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#24 might be Upper Iowa at least according to captions with photos in the Buena Vista University 1965 Log Yearbook. The faint logo looks like it could be a peacock!

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[> additional notes -- charles arey, 19:30:44 11/29/21 Mon (173.187.51.210)

Thanks to everyone for looking at these! I think several have been identified already but I'll have to study each one closely to be certain.

I see that the issue of captions accompanying yearbook photographs has come up - yes, they are VERY often completely wrong! Perhaps not surprising since they were often written by 19-year-olds who had lots of other things to do and might have had a few too many beers the night before. Regard any opposing team identification in a yearbook with skepticism.

Also - while in most cases college yearbooks used a new set of photographs each year, I have on many occasions seen the same one recycled even several years after its first appearance. The indicated dates on these photographs could be false.

Likewise, the schedules printed in college yearbooks are often inaccurate. I'd recommend consulting another source if you're looking at schedules and can't find a plausible match. One really good one is:

https://michigan-football.com/

...thought it's still 'under construction' for lots of the smaller colleges.

Some bizarre-looking "logos" in some of the photographs may look weird because part of the decal is missing - torn off during some collision of helmets. That could account for #2, #36, and #47.

I'm especially curious about several of these in particular:
#5, #20, #22, #27, #29, #31, #32, and #37 (plus #38 which has probably been identified - thanks Bud!)

Some other hunches I have are as follows:

#9 may be Albright
#17 may be Wheaton
Both #30 and #35 could be Rocky Mountain College
#44 might be College of Eastern Utah (I think that may be a "CEU" on the helmet)

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 20:54:50 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

"...written by 19-year-olds who had lots of other things to do and might have had a few too many beers the night before."

LOL how very true! That is an a great observation!

#5 is FDU-FLORHAM (or Fairleigh Dickinson)

Lycoming crushed them 49-0 in 1975

Not sure about 1975 but in 1976 the Knights may have only wore this logo on the right side of the helmet

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 21:13:49 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#20 is the Elmhurst Bluejays. The logo on the wings is a lower case "e"

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 21:33:39 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#22 is the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks. Probably purple helmets with white logo.

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[> [> #22 is Wisconsin-Whitewater -- charles arey, 22:02:21 11/30/21 Tue (173.187.51.210)

>#22 is the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
>Warhawks. Probably purple helmets with white logo.

Thanks, that one is so awesome I had to go ahead and add it to the website. Fortunately there are some really good photographs in the 1969 and 1970 UWW yearbooks.

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 21:52:15 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#29 is the Corsairs of UMass-Dartmouth
aka SMU aka Southeastern Massachusetts University

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 22:49:12 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#32 should be Dickinson College Red Devils. I'm going to send Charles a better pic than the one represented here. The logo is a devil sitting on the letter "D". Gold or silver helmets?

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 23:33:44 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#31 is Hampden–Sydney College. That blob of a logo is a tiger?

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 23:57:47 11/29/21 Mon (71.211.170.220)

#37 is the Falcons of Fitchburg State

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 08:20:51 11/30/21 Tue (71.211.170.220)

#48 is the Bombers of Ithaca College.

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 13:10:53 12/01/21 Wed (75.166.159.103)

Here is an updated list. Pardon me if some of these have been mentioned already. I made an Excel Spreadsheet to assist. Onward!

1 - Rhodes College Lynx

2 - Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets

3 - ?

4 - I think this might be Tuskegee Institute? Maybe Bethune Cookman?

5 - Fairleigh Dickinson

6 - someone else mentioned Caroll College though now it could be Concordia. This was jsut mentioned earlier today

7 - someone else mentioned Hamline though their helmets were white in their 1976 YB. Could it be Morningside?

8 - Quantico Marines? If you look at Muskateer schedule for 1970 it would make sense s all the other opponents do not

9 - Moravian? Someone else mentioned Albright but Widener did not play them in 1973

10 - California Lutheran University aka California Lutheran College

11 - Not sure. Perhaps Mercyhurst or Alfred

12 - Valaparasio

13 - I think this is a minor league team called the Seattle Cavaliers. That logo is probably a feather?

14 - St. Francis University

15 - Minnesota State University, Mankato ak Mankato State College Indians

16 - Not sure. Maybe Brooklyn College, New Jersey City University, Fairleigh Dickinson University or New York City College of Technology

17 - Pretty sure it is the Crusaders (back then) of Wheaton

18 - Rutgers

19 - Maine Maritime. Very cool logo of US Flag variation with "76"

20 - Elmhurst University

21 - Ricks Vikings ak Brigham Young University–Idaho

22 - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Agree on this logo. Very cool!

23 - someone else mentioned Merchant Marine

24 - Upper Iowa Peacocks

25 - I think this is the Emory and Henry Wasps

26 - Not sure. Still need to research

27 - Not sure. Still need to research

28 - Not sure. Still need to research

29 - UMass-Dartmouth ak SMU (Southeastern Massachusetts University)

30 - Rocky Mountain College

31 - Hampden Sydney

32 - Dickinson College Red Devils

33 - Not sure. Still need to research. This one is tough!

34 - Northern Arizona

35 - Not sure. Still need to research. It was mentioned to be Rocky Mountain College but it may not be

36 - This is actually North Dakota State. The Bison logo is ripped up and the photo is backwards!

37 - Fitchburg State

38 - Bud mentioned that this was Rhodes College aka Southwestern at Memphis (SAM)

39 - Not sure. Still need to research

40 - Northeastern Illinois University

41 - Not sure. Still need to research. Might be La Verne

42 - Edinboro

43 - Rhodes College. Damn the Lynx are popular!

44 - Utah State University Eastern aka College of Eastern Utah

45 - Again I think this might be the Seattle Cavaliers (minor league)

46 - Not sure. Still need to research

47 - West Virginia State Yellow Jackets

48 - Ithaca College Bombers

49 - Truman State aka Northeast Missouri State College

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- Bud, 00:21:38 12/02/21 Thu (104.3.112.146)

>Here is an updated list. Pardon me if some of these
>have been mentioned already. I made an Excel
>Spreadsheet to assist. Onward!
>
>1 - Rhodes College Lynx
>
>2 - Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets
>
>3 - ?
>
>4 - I think this might be Tuskegee Institute? Maybe
>Bethune Cookman?
>
>5 - Fairleigh Dickinson
>
>6 - someone else mentioned Caroll College though now
>it could be Concordia. This was jsut mentioned earlier
>today
>
>7 - someone else mentioned Hamline though their
>helmets were white in their 1976 YB. Could it be
>Morningside?
>
>8 - Quantico Marines? If you look at Muskateer
>schedule for 1970 it would make sense s all the other
>opponents do not
>
>9 - Moravian? Someone else mentioned Albright but
>Widener did not play them in 1973
>
>10 - California Lutheran University aka California
>Lutheran College
>
>11 - Not sure. Perhaps Mercyhurst or Alfred
>
>12 - Valaparasio
>
>13 - I think this is a minor league team called the
>Seattle Cavaliers. That logo is probably a feather?
>
>14 - St. Francis University
>
>15 - Minnesota State University, Mankato ak Mankato
>State College Indians
>
>16 - Not sure. Maybe Brooklyn College, New Jersey City
>University, Fairleigh Dickinson University or New York
>City College of Technology
>
>17 - Pretty sure it is the Crusaders (back then) of
>Wheaton
>
>18 - Rutgers
>
>19 - Maine Maritime. Very cool logo of US Flag
>variation with "76"
>
>20 - Elmhurst University
>
>21 - Ricks Vikings ak Brigham Young University–Idaho
>
>22 - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Agree on this
>logo. Very cool!
>
>23 - someone else mentioned Merchant Marine
>
>24 - Upper Iowa Peacocks
>
>25 - I think this is the Emory and Henry Wasps
>
>26 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>27 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>28 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>29 - UMass-Dartmouth ak SMU (Southeastern
>Massachusetts University)
>
>30 - Rocky Mountain College
>
>31 - Hampden Sydney
>
>32 - Dickinson College Red Devils
>
>33 - Not sure. Still need to research. This one is
>tough!
>
>34 - Northern Arizona
>
>35 - Not sure. Still need to research. It was
>mentioned to be Rocky Mountain College but it may not
>be
>
>36 - This is actually North Dakota State. The Bison
>logo is ripped up and the photo is backwards!
>
>37 - Fitchburg State
>
>38 - Bud mentioned that this was Rhodes College aka
>Southwestern at Memphis (SAM)
>
>39 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>40 - Northeastern Illinois University
>
>41 - Not sure. Still need to research. Might be La
>Verne
>
>42 - Edinboro
>
>43 - Rhodes College. Damn the Lynx are popular!
>
>44 - Utah State University Eastern aka College of
>Eastern Utah
>
>45 - Again I think this might be the Seattle Cavaliers
>(minor league)
>
>46 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>47 - West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
>
>48 - Ithaca College Bombers
>
>49 - Truman State aka Northeast Missouri State College

#23: Colgate did not play any teams that had any kind of M in their name or nickname in 1966 (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Holy Cross, BU, Princeton, Lehigh, Lafayette, Rutgers, Bucknell), and that was true for a number of years in either direction. Charles, are you sure that was from a Colgate game?

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[> [> [> #23 -- charles arey, 21:14:35 12/02/21 Thu (173.187.51.210)

>#23: Colgate did not play any teams that had any kind of M in their name or nickname in 1966 (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Holy Cross, BU, Princeton, Lehigh, Lafayette, Rutgers, Bucknell), and that was true for a number of years in either direction. Charles, are you sure that was from a Colgate game?

Sorry, it's entirely possible that I botched the documentation somewhere along the way (I've been accumulating these for several years). I might have written "Colgate" when I meant to say "Clarion" or "Cortland" or something. I vaguely remember suspecting that this might be one of the "M" Pennsylvania teams (Millersville, Mansfield, Moravian, etc).

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[> [> [> [> Re: #23 -- No name, 00:40:58 12/03/21 Fri (75.166.159.103)

Charles,I was able to check out Clarion's and Cortland's 1966 schedules. Unfortunately,no "M" teams on the schedule. Also, that photo does not belong to either 1966 Millersville or 1966 Mansfield,. Not sure about Moravian. Still searching...

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: #23 -- charles arey, 02:49:01 12/03/21 Fri (173.187.51.210)

>Charles,I was able to check out Clarion's and
>Cortland's 1966 schedules. Unfortunately,no "M" teams
>on the schedule. Also, that photo does not belong to
>either 1966 Millersville or 1966 Mansfield,. Not sure
>about Moravian. Still searching...

Fortunately i didn’t screw up the information - the photograph appears on page 155 of Colgate’s 1967 yearbook:

https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/object/studentyearbooks9987#page/1/mode/2up

Maybe that’s not actually an “M” on the side? Or maybe one player wore an “M” for some unknown reason?

I rarely pay any attention to football uniforms, but do sometimes to try to identify an opposing team. There are some stripes on the sleeve of the player in question which could prove diagnostic.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: #23 -- Bud, 13:16:03 12/03/21 Fri (104.3.112.146)

>>Charles,I was able to check out Clarion's and
>>Cortland's 1966 schedules. Unfortunately,no "M" teams
>>on the schedule. Also, that photo does not belong to
>>either 1966 Millersville or 1966 Mansfield,. Not sure
>>about Moravian. Still searching...
>
>Fortunately i didn’t screw up the information - the
>photograph appears on page 155 of Colgate’s 1967
>yearbook:
>
>
>https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/object/studentye
>arbooks9987#page/1/mode/2up
>
>Maybe that’s not actually an “M” on the side? Or
>maybe one player wore an “M” for some unknown
>reason?
>
>I rarely pay any attention to football uniforms, but
>do sometimes to try to identify an opposing team.
>There are some stripes on the sleeve of the player in
>question which could prove diagnostic.

My guess is that it was a preseason scrimmage game. The white jersey has no stripes, which we assume the road jersey would have been the same design as the home (dark) jersey (back in those days), and there are no fans in the stands. And in preseason scrimmages, the teams don't necessarily wear their regular-season jerseys, anyway.

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- David H, 17:23:50 12/02/21 Thu (73.113.67.223)

46 might be Trinity (TX) but whats throwing me off is the gold helmets.

But they had a logo that looks somewhat like the one in the pic.

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[> [> [> #46 -- charles arey, 21:04:58 12/02/21 Thu (173.187.51.210)

>46 might be Trinity (TX) but whats throwing me off is
>the gold helmets.
>
>But they had a logo that looks somewhat like the one
>in the pic.

I have a vague memory of thinking at one time that #46 might be Cal Lutheran, but I never did investigate it.

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[> [> [> [> Re: #46 -- No name, 22:41:01 12/02/21 Thu (75.166.159.103)

Do you mean the helmet in the photo is Cal Lutheran or do you mean the helmet in the photo is a team Cal Lutheran played c. 1970s? Looking at Cal Lutheran YBs they did have a logo like the one in the photo from 1977 and 1979. Seems to be only worn on the left side of the helmet. Also, in 1979, their are some photos of a darker facemask color - not gray.

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: #46 -- charles arey, 16:30:38 12/03/21 Fri (173.187.51.210)

>Do you mean the helmet in the photo is Cal Lutheran or
>do you mean the helmet in the photo is a team Cal
>Lutheran played c. 1970s?

I thought the gold helmet with red logo might be Cal Lutheran (playing against Texas Lutheran), but that's just based on a vague rememberance of something I saw a couple years ago. I seem to remember that there was a "50" inside the red-oval shape as seen in another photograph (50th anniversary of the CLU football team, maybe?). It's entirely possible this is completely wrong, though.

Presumably the photograph was found in a Texas Lutheran yearbook, but I didn't note the year, sorry.

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 18:33:35 12/07/21 Tue (76.187.28.25)

>Here is an updated list. Pardon me if some of these
>have been mentioned already. I made an Excel
>Spreadsheet to assist. Onward!
>
>1 - Rhodes College Lynx
>
>2 - Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets
>
>3 - ?
>
>4 - I think this might be Tuskegee Institute? Maybe
>Bethune Cookman?
>
>5 - Fairleigh Dickinson
>
>6 - someone else mentioned Caroll College though now
>it could be Concordia. This was jsut mentioned earlier
>today
>
>7 - someone else mentioned Hamline though their
>helmets were white in their 1976 YB. Could it be
>Morningside?
>
>8 - Quantico Marines? If you look at Muskateer
>schedule for 1970 it would make sense s all the other
>opponents do not
>
>9 - Moravian? Someone else mentioned Albright but
>Widener did not play them in 1973
>
>10 - California Lutheran University aka California
>Lutheran College
>
>11 - Not sure. Perhaps Mercyhurst or Alfred
>
>12 - Valaparasio
>
>13 - I think this is a minor league team called the
>Seattle Cavaliers. That logo is probably a feather?
>
>14 - St. Francis University
>
>15 - Minnesota State University, Mankato ak Mankato
>State College Indians
>
>16 - Not sure. Maybe Brooklyn College, New Jersey City
>University, Fairleigh Dickinson University or New York
>City College of Technology
>
>17 - Pretty sure it is the Crusaders (back then) of
>Wheaton
>
>18 - Rutgers
>
>19 - Maine Maritime. Very cool logo of US Flag
>variation with "76"
>
>20 - Elmhurst University
>
>21 - Ricks Vikings ak Brigham Young University–Idaho
>
>22 - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Agree on this
>logo. Very cool!
>
>23 - someone else mentioned Merchant Marine
>
>24 - Upper Iowa Peacocks
>
>25 - I think this is the Emory and Henry Wasps
>
>26 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>27 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>28 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>29 - UMass-Dartmouth ak SMU (Southeastern
>Massachusetts University)
>
>30 - Rocky Mountain College
>
>31 - Hampden Sydney
>
>32 - Dickinson College Red Devils
>
>33 - Not sure. Still need to research. This one is
>tough!
>
>34 - Northern Arizona
>
>35 - Not sure. Still need to research. It was
>mentioned to be Rocky Mountain College but it may not
>be
>
>36 - This is actually North Dakota State. The Bison
>logo is ripped up and the photo is backwards!
>
>37 - Fitchburg State
>
>38 - Bud mentioned that this was Rhodes College aka
>Southwestern at Memphis (SAM)
>
>39 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>40 - Northeastern Illinois University
>
>41 - Not sure. Still need to research. Might be La
>Verne
>
>42 - Edinboro
>
>43 - Rhodes College. Damn the Lynx are popular!
>
>44 - Utah State University Eastern aka College of
>Eastern Utah
>
>45 - Again I think this might be the Seattle Cavaliers
>(minor league)
>
>46 - Not sure. Still need to research
>
>47 - West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
>
>48 - Ithaca College Bombers
>
>49 - Truman State aka Northeast Missouri State College

#28 looks like a devil

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[> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- sam, 18:41:53 12/07/21 Tue (76.187.28.25)

>>Here is an updated list. Pardon me if some of these
>>have been mentioned already. I made an Excel
>>Spreadsheet to assist. Onward!
>>
>>1 - Rhodes College Lynx
>>
>>2 - Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets
>>
>>3 - ?
>>
>>4 - I think this might be Tuskegee Institute? Maybe
>>Bethune Cookman?
>>
>>5 - Fairleigh Dickinson
>>
>>6 - someone else mentioned Caroll College though now
>>it could be Concordia. This was jsut mentioned earlier
>>today
>>
>>7 - someone else mentioned Hamline though their
>>helmets were white in their 1976 YB. Could it be
>>Morningside?
>>
>>8 - Quantico Marines? If you look at Muskateer
>>schedule for 1970 it would make sense s all the other
>>opponents do not
>>
>>9 - Moravian? Someone else mentioned Albright but
>>Widener did not play them in 1973
>>
>>10 - California Lutheran University aka California
>>Lutheran College
>>
>>11 - Not sure. Perhaps Mercyhurst or Alfred
>>
>>12 - Valaparasio
>>
>>13 - I think this is a minor league team called the
>>Seattle Cavaliers. That logo is probably a feather?
>>
>>14 - St. Francis University
>>
>>15 - Minnesota State University, Mankato ak Mankato
>>State College Indians
>>
>>16 - Not sure. Maybe Brooklyn College, New Jersey City
>>University, Fairleigh Dickinson University or New York
>>City College of Technology
>>
>>17 - Pretty sure it is the Crusaders (back then) of
>>Wheaton
>>
>>18 - Rutgers
>>
>>19 - Maine Maritime. Very cool logo of US Flag
>>variation with "76"
>>
>>20 - Elmhurst University
>>
>>21 - Ricks Vikings ak Brigham Young University–Idaho
>>
>>22 - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Agree on this
>>logo. Very cool!
>>
>>23 - someone else mentioned Merchant Marine
>>
>>24 - Upper Iowa Peacocks
>>
>>25 - I think this is the Emory and Henry Wasps
>>
>>26 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>
>>27 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>
>>28 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>
>>29 - UMass-Dartmouth ak SMU (Southeastern
>>Massachusetts University)
>>
>>30 - Rocky Mountain College
>>
>>31 - Hampden Sydney
>>
>>32 - Dickinson College Red Devils
>>
>>33 - Not sure. Still need to research. This one is
>>tough!
>>
>>34 - Northern Arizona
>>
>>35 - Not sure. Still need to research. It was
>>mentioned to be Rocky Mountain College but it may not
>>be
>>
>>36 - This is actually North Dakota State. The Bison
>>logo is ripped up and the photo is backwards!
>>
>>37 - Fitchburg State
>>
>>38 - Bud mentioned that this was Rhodes College aka
>>Southwestern at Memphis (SAM)
>>
>>39 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>
>>40 - Northeastern Illinois University
>>
>>41 - Not sure. Still need to research. Might be La
>>Verne
>>
>>42 - Edinboro
>>
>>43 - Rhodes College. Damn the Lynx are popular!
>>
>>44 - Utah State University Eastern aka College of
>>Eastern Utah
>>
>>45 - Again I think this might be the Seattle Cavaliers
>>(minor league)
>>
>>46 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>
>>47 - West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
>>
>>48 - Ithaca College Bombers
>>
>>49 - Truman State aka Northeast Missouri State College
>
>
>#28 looks like a devil
Winsconsin-Stout???

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[> [> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- robby, 00:10:23 12/19/21 Sun (76.187.28.25)

>>>Here is an updated list. Pardon me if some of these
>>>have been mentioned already. I made an Excel
>>>Spreadsheet to assist. Onward!
>>>
>>>1 - Rhodes College Lynx
>>>
>>>2 - Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets
>>>
>>>3 - ?
>>>
>>>4 - I think this might be Tuskegee Institute? Maybe
>>>Bethune Cookman?
>>>
>>>5 - Fairleigh Dickinson
>>>
>>>6 - someone else mentioned Caroll College though now
>>>it could be Concordia. This was jsut mentioned
>earlier
>>>today
>>>
>>>7 - someone else mentioned Hamline though their
>>>helmets were white in their 1976 YB. Could it be
>>>Morningside?
>>>
>>>8 - Quantico Marines? If you look at Muskateer
>>>schedule for 1970 it would make sense s all the other
>>>opponents do not
>>>
>>>9 - Moravian? Someone else mentioned Albright but
>>>Widener did not play them in 1973
>>>
>>>10 - California Lutheran University aka California
>>>Lutheran College
>>>
>>>11 - Not sure. Perhaps Mercyhurst or Alfred
>>>
>>>12 - Valaparasio
>>>
>>>13 - I think this is a minor league team called the
>>>Seattle Cavaliers. That logo is probably a feather?
>>>
>>>14 - St. Francis University
>>>
>>>15 - Minnesota State University, Mankato ak Mankato
>>>State College Indians
>>>
>>>16 - Not sure. Maybe Brooklyn College, New Jersey
>City
>>>University, Fairleigh Dickinson University or New
>York
>>>City College of Technology
>>>
>>>17 - Pretty sure it is the Crusaders (back then) of
>>>Wheaton
>>>
>>>18 - Rutgers
>>>
>>>19 - Maine Maritime. Very cool logo of US Flag
>>>variation with "76"
>>>
>>>20 - Elmhurst University
>>>
>>>21 - Ricks Vikings ak Brigham Young
>University–Idaho
>>>
>>>22 - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Agree on
>this
>>>logo. Very cool!
>>>
>>>23 - someone else mentioned Merchant Marine
>>>
>>>24 - Upper Iowa Peacocks
>>>
>>>25 - I think this is the Emory and Henry Wasps
>>>
>>>26 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>>
>>>27 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>>
>>>28 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>>
>>>29 - UMass-Dartmouth ak SMU (Southeastern
>>>Massachusetts University)
>>>
>>>30 - Rocky Mountain College
>>>
>>>31 - Hampden Sydney
>>>
>>>32 - Dickinson College Red Devils
>>>
>>>33 - Not sure. Still need to research. This one is
>>>tough!
>>>
>>>34 - Northern Arizona
>>>
>>>35 - Not sure. Still need to research. It was
>>>mentioned to be Rocky Mountain College but it may not
>>>be
>>>
>>>36 - This is actually North Dakota State. The Bison
>>>logo is ripped up and the photo is backwards!
>>>
>>>37 - Fitchburg State
>>>
>>>38 - Bud mentioned that this was Rhodes College aka
>>>Southwestern at Memphis (SAM)
>>>
>>>39 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>>
>>>40 - Northeastern Illinois University
>>>
>>>41 - Not sure. Still need to research. Might be La
>>>Verne
>>>
>>>42 - Edinboro
>>>
>>>43 - Rhodes College. Damn the Lynx are popular!
>>>
>>>44 - Utah State University Eastern aka College of
>>>Eastern Utah
>>>
>>>45 - Again I think this might be the Seattle
>Cavaliers
>>>(minor league)
>>>
>>>46 - Not sure. Still need to research
>>>
>>>47 - West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
>>>
>>>48 - Ithaca College Bombers
>>>
>>>49 - Truman State aka Northeast Missouri State
>College
>>
>>
>>#28 looks like a devil
>Winsconsin-Stout???

maybe...

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 12:50:15 12/19/21 Sun (71.211.149.42)

Pretty sure it's not Wisconsin-Stout. They have their yearbooks online and I looked at all yearbooks from 1970-1985.
Nope. When I first seen the helmet in question I thought of Northwestern State (Louisiana). The Demons. Nope. Not them either.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- David H, 12:46:15 12/21/21 Tue (73.113.67.223)

I believe it might be a Viking Long Boat and the opponent is Western Washington possibly

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[> [> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 21:01:04 01/02/22 Sun (174.250.180.243)

26 is Newberry College

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[> Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs -- No name, 11:10:55 12/02/21 Thu (75.166.159.103)

#39 is the Washington University in St. Louis Bears.
This one was real difficult to pin down!
Not sure what the logo is.
Probably just award decals.
The #39 photo is from the 1975 yearbook though the Rochester Campus Times student newspaper was more helpful.

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>While doing research (which generally means examining >digitized old college and university yearbooks) I >occasionally run into photographs showing helmets that >I cannot identify. Here's a link to a composite image >showing 49 such unknown designs, with the known >opposing team and apparent year of the photograph, in >most cases: > >https://i.imgur.com/GDuK0Nk.gif > >Since the histories for the larger universities are >fairly well-known now, most of these are NCAA Division >II and III, and NAIA teams. Some, however, may be >junior college teams, junior varsity teams, semi-pro >teams, prep schools, 'alumni teams', and for the >earlier years perhaps military base teams. > >I present them here with the following objectives: > >1) To give some idea of the wealth of interesting >"unknown" designs yet awaiting "re-discovery"; > >2) To give some idea of how challenging it is to pin >down accurate histories for teams when photographs >like these are the best available; > >3) To see if anybody can identify them! > >Many identifications could probably be achieved simply >by examining the schedules for the respective teams >and using logic - if there's a "bear" on the helmet >the team nickname is probably not "Eagles", etc. > >There are several for which I have a fairly high >suspected identity (#13 may be UBC, #34 may be Azusa >Pacific) but most are a complete mystery.
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