Those who designed, produced, and mailed the ticket brochure touting Syracuse's 1940 game with Northwestern had no idea the game would be a watershed moment in football equipment history.
great read timothy! that was great info on the Riddell helmets. great stuff! great info about 'Cuse as well! way back in the days of the leather helmets i alway love the origin of the logo on the helmet story. when fred gerhke with the cleveland rams painted the gold horns on the leather helmet himself. the rams becoming the 1st team to have a logo on the helmet
great read timothy! that was great info on the Riddell helmets. great stuff! great info about 'Cuse as well! way back in the days of the leather helmets i alway love the origin of the logo on the helmet story. when fred gerhke with the cleveland rams painted the gold horns on the leather helmet himself. the rams becoming the 1st team to have a logo on the helmet
Gehrke painted the first logo on a pro helmet, but a few other stories show college teams had them as early as the 1920s.
https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/footballs-first-helmet-logos
https://www.footballarchaeology.com/p/todays-tidbit-the-washington-huskies