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Date Posted: 21:21:06 11/28/21 Sun
Author: Bud
Author Host/IP: 104.3.112.146
Subject: Re: 49 unidentified historical helmet designs
In reply to: charles arey 's message, "49 unidentified historical helmet designs" on 19:29:48 11/28/21 Sun

>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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