Show Us Your College Game Used Items

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I would love to see some college football game stuff on here. Nice to see the baseball stuff but for us College collectors let see some of your favorite stuff!!

How about a nice UGA helmet? Here’s a vintage 1970’s game worn used University of Georgia (UGA) Bulldogs Riddell Kra-Lite suspension football helmet. The helmet shows plenty of wear and tear but it still has its original Riddell suspension webbing and Warning label on the inside of the helmet. Also written inside of the helmet is the number 88. Although the helmet looks like a Alabama helmet, the seller provided the following information on the helmet:

If you will throw in ten bucks for shipping, its yours. While your thinking about it, I'll give you a little background on the helmet. Its an old (60's) helmet from the University of Georgia. The reason It has the Alabama style numbers on the sides is that it was last used in practice to simulate an Alabama player. UGA like most colleges, has the scout team (B-team) run the next opponent's offence and defense against the Georgia offence and defense. I don't know if number 32 was an Alabama offensive or defensive player, but he was someone that the Georgia players were keying on. I played for UGA 67 thru 70. I acquired the helmet as the result of a charity/old-timers football game in about 1976. The UGA Athletic Department donated some old equipment for the game.

The seller appears to have made a typo as to when the helmet was actually worn. Since the helmet is a Riddell Model Kra-Lite – 8 with a white interior, it was probably worn between 1970 and up to around 1973.

Jim

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