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46 year old Sean Landeta retired today. He was the last remaining link to the USFL. I saw some pics of him with the single bar helmet
http://blogs.nydailynews.com/rangers/archives/N0468573.jpg
I personally love that facemask. Here are some of my favorites...
Joe Theismann
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos11/Theismann,Joe15.jpg
Rolf Benirschke
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos10/Benirschke,Rolf3.jpg
Jan Stenerud
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos6/Stenerud,Jan4.jpg
Nick Lowery
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos14/Lowery,Nick2.jpg
Rafael Septien
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos7/Septien,Rafael1.jpg
Gary Anderson
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos3/Anderson,Gary1.jpg
Lance Alworth
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos3/Alworth,Lance9.jpg
Don Maynard
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos/Maynard,Don3.jpg
Don Meredith
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos11/Meredith,Don15.jpg
Doug Flutie
http://www.helmethut.com/Chargers/Flutie.jpg
Kevin Butler
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos1/Butler,Kevin3.jpg
Mark Moseley
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos/Mosely,Mark3.jpg
Jim Breech
http://www.footballspeakers.com/i/breech_jim02.jpg
Garo Yepremian
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos6/Yepremian,Garo1.jpg
Reggie Roby
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos12/Roby,Reggie2.jpg
Scott Norwood
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos14/Norwood,Scott3.jpg
Chris Bahr
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos/Bahr,Chris1.jpg
Matt Bahr
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos9/Bahr,Matt1.jpg
Frank Pitts
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos14/Pitts,Frank2.jpg
Tom Matte
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos5/Matte,Tom1.jpg
Sonny Jurgensen
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos4/Jorgensen,Sonny5.jpg
Roman Gabriel
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos4/Gabriel,Roman1.jpg
Fred Biletnikoff
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos3/Biletnikoff,Fred7.jpg
Norm VanBrocklin
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos13/VanBrocklin,Norm15.jpg
Billy Kilmer
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos14/Kilmer,Billy21.jpg
Joe Kapp
http://www.sportsattic2.com/nflphotos/photos12/Kapp,Joe9.jpg
warheel
03-07-2008, 10:20 AM
Best. Facemask. Ever.
Toni Fritsch
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_TVczjFQkr0DFM:http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/magazine/Magazine/343226_MEDIUMSQUARE.jpg
Mike Ditka
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PHOTOFILE/AAEA016%7EMike-Ditka-Player-Posters.jpg
warheel
03-07-2008, 10:21 AM
Mike Ditkahttp://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z55/daynperry/Mike-Ditka---Player---Photofile-Pho.jpg
aeneas01
03-07-2008, 01:00 PM
i agree - riddell's single bar facemask is a classic. i'm surprised that riddell never offered these classic plastic facemasks, including their double bar facemasks, in molded colors - they were just painted (which didn't really hold up too well!).
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/aeneas1/sub/1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/aeneas1/sub/3.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/aeneas1/sub/2.jpg
as far as landeta is concerned, being a lifelong rams fan i will always think of him as a ram even tho he only spent 6 of his 21 years with the horns....
both-teams-played-hard
03-07-2008, 03:18 PM
46 year old Sean Landeta retired today. He was the last remaining link to the USFL. I saw some pics of him with the single bar helmet
http://blogs.nydailynews.com/rangers/archives/N0468573.jpg
Did they give SB rings before the game, like in basketball? Or was Landeta just rockin' his during the game? If so, then that's Rickyhendersonesque! Or is his finger bandaged, and it means nothing?
Really like the single-bar photos. There was a collector who posted photos of his Theismann single-bar. And a member owns the Maynard. Seems the single bar must be the rarest of the facemask era. I would like to see a thread with game used oddball facemasks.
Notice the Jurgenson, and the huge rip in his jersey. No undershirt, no flak-jacket, no nothing. We must protect this house!
I love this style Roy Jeffreson used in 1974, single bar with a U bar.
beantown
03-08-2008, 08:45 PM
Don't forget Scott Player, aka: "punty mconebar" who played for the Cleveland Browns during the '07 NFL Season....he was signed to the roster after the regular punter was injured....if there's an injury to a punter in the '08 NFL Season, this vintage facemask may live on!!!!
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