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Date Posted: 17:31:04 12/11/22 Sun
Author: charles arey
Author Host/IP: 71.31.101.145
Subject: numbers 25 through 36
In reply to: charles arey 's message, "Identifications of the 49 mystery helmets - numbers 1 through 12" on 23:34:17 01/04/22 Tue

#25 - someone suggested that this is Emory & Henry, and I think this is probably correct. The logo appears to be similar to a cartoon wasp/hornet which was in widespread use at the time (see Rochester (NY) and Eastern Montana, for example). E&H was the only "insect" opponent of Catawba in 1965.

#26 - someone identified this as being Newberry. The helmet logo does appear to be an "Indian head" typical of the era, but I have not been able to verify the identification since Newberry has not (as best I can tell) digitally published any yearbooks or other media from that era which would clear things up. Newberry was the only "Indians" team which Catawba played in 1982.

#27 - the best guess on this one at present is that it is Treasure Valley Community College, as it is possible to see a "TV" logo on the helmet. The photograph is probably from the early 1960s, when Portland State mostly played against much smaller schools than they do today. A 1963 schedule for Portland State College shows a game against "Seattle Ramblers", which was apparently a semi-pro team. TVCC had a football team at one time, but not even the dates of existence are known.

#28 remains unidentified. I agree with others that the logo looks like it might be a "devil" similar to the one used by Northwestern State around 1970. But all of the "devil" teams I can think of are concentrated east of the Mississippi River (except Arizona State, which is obviously not this team). Perhaps it's another regional semi-pro team. A cursory review of Willamette's historical schedules shows them playing almost exclusively teams from the Pacific Northwest in the 1960s and 1970s, although "Alumni" appears on the schedule several times.

#29 - Southeastern Massachusetts University was suggested and this appears to be correct, as that school had an institutional logo that appears to match what's on the helmet (triskelion inside circle). This is the present-day University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

#30 is confirmed to be Rocky Mountain College.

#31 was suggested to be Hampden-Sydney (so the logo might be a "tiger head"). I think this is probably correct but have not been able to confirm it, since the college does not appear to have digitally published any useful information from that year.

#32 is Dickinson College; the logo is a cartoon "devil" apparently seated upon the letter "D". Unfortunately I have been unable to locate any clear photographs, or even an unclear color photograph of this design, which was apparently used from at least 1971 through 1973. Even the helmet color is unknown, but silver or gold are most likely.

#33 remains unidentified; Western Colorado is the only team that anybody suggested, I think.

#34 is Northern Arizona. About that team: the university has digitized most of its old yearbooks and published them on the internet, but they are almost completely useless for the purposes of the 'Helmet project' - there are few football photographs in the yearbooks, those that are in the yearbooks are reproduced very poorly, and almost none of them are in color (at least for the years that I need to investigate). Hence the lack of helmet images at the website for NAU pre-1999.

#35 remains unidentified; I thought the logo looked a bit like a "bear face" and suggested that Rocky Mountain College could again be the identification, but have not really investigated further. I don't think RMC was one of Willamette's usual opponents in the 1970s, but I have not checked the schedules for those teams.

#36 - it was suggested that this is a North Dakota State helmet with damaged or partially missing decal, and that the photograph is flipped backwards. I think this is entirely plausible.

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[> Re: Identifications of the 49 mystery helmets - numbers 1 through 12 -- No name, 23:12:58 12/11/22 Sun (97.122.64.167)

Hey Charles!

I think #9 is the...

The Franklin and Marshall Diplomats!

Checkout their yearbook for 1974

https://digital.fandm.edu/object/scholars-square7462

Pages 80 (bottom left, player on the ground) and 82 (football photo) of the PDF view finder (pages 75 and 77 of the Yearbook)

Not sure what the deal is with the criss-crossing stripes
The Diplomats did not have this design in 1972 or 1974.


#35 is not Rocky Mountain College. At least not for that year.

https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/1822?keywords=&type=all&lsk=5fdb23967e198d32c43ef438d7a91827

Page 42 indicates this. (green? "Bears" in cursive script on gold helmets?)


#36. You'll have to trust me on this one!
I am certain that photo came from a NDSU yearbook and they have their YBs online but now I cannot find the link for them!

Still doing research...anxious for what you have for 37-49
If I recall, I could not find #41 (LaVerne?) and 46


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