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Date Posted: 18:45:38 11/29/21 Mon
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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

#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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