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i suspect the buyer of this helmet believes that he purchased an authentic cleveland brown's helmet from yesteryear, a helmet worn at the pro level, given that he dropped $400 clams on the thing. but, alas, what he's purchased is nothing more than a vintage toy, a store model youth helmet, that isn't even particularly rare - these type of helmets typically fetch $25-$50 on ebay. but why wouldn't the buyer think he was getting the real deal given the seller's claim:
OFFERED FOR AUCTION IS A RARE OLD VINTAGE CLEVELAND BROWNS 1950's MACGREGOR FOOTBALL HELMET. THIS OLD AUTHENTIC BROWNS HELMET HAS THE OLD STYLE BUMPED OR FLARED OUT HELMET SIDES AND OLD INNER SUSPENSION STYLE PADDING... THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CLEVELAND BROWNS FOOTBALL HELMETS I'VE EVER SEEN AND IS VERY RARE.
the top row shows the toy browns helmet the buyer purchased for $400, a macgregor e7j - the bottom row shows the packers version of the same toy helmet that sold on ebay for around $45 not too long ago...
here's a look at the pro model which was equipped with leather padding (most likely what the buyer thought he was getting) - macgregor rolled out a few different pro models of this type during that era. however not too many pro players chose to sport this type of macgregor back in the day - tom matte of the colts was probably the most famous pro player to have ever donned it. but nonetheless it was an interesting helmet in that macgregor took their hugely succesful "box-type" leather helmet and simply converted it to plastic. in other words this helmet looked virtually identical to its leather predecessor except that the outer shell was made of platic instead of leather and composite.
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OFFERED FOR AUCTION IS A RARE OLD VINTAGE CLEVELAND BROWNS 1950's MACGREGOR FOOTBALL HELMET. THIS OLD AUTHENTIC BROWNS HELMET HAS THE OLD STYLE BUMPED OR FLARED OUT HELMET SIDES AND OLD INNER SUSPENSION STYLE PADDING... THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CLEVELAND BROWNS FOOTBALL HELMETS I'VE EVER SEEN AND IS VERY RARE.
the top row shows the toy browns helmet the buyer purchased for $400, a macgregor e7j - the bottom row shows the packers version of the same toy helmet that sold on ebay for around $45 not too long ago...
here's a look at the pro model which was equipped with leather padding (most likely what the buyer thought he was getting) - macgregor rolled out a few different pro models of this type during that era. however not too many pro players chose to sport this type of macgregor back in the day - tom matte of the colts was probably the most famous pro player to have ever donned it. but nonetheless it was an interesting helmet in that macgregor took their hugely succesful "box-type" leather helmet and simply converted it to plastic. in other words this helmet looked virtually identical to its leather predecessor except that the outer shell was made of platic instead of leather and composite.
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