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07-07-2011, 02:55 PM #11
Re: Show off your clear shell helmets
FSU Seminoles. Greg Allen & Bobby Bowden signatures. (Red clips were broken & no facemask) Supposedly Greg Allen's helmet.
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07-07-2011, 03:01 PM #12
Re: Show off your clear shell helmets
SMU Helmet in Bob Hopes house.
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07-07-2011, 10:38 PM #13
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Re: Show off your clear shell helmets
Wow, this thread is starting to be very cool! Jacuzzi, nice to see you posting on GUU again! Thanks for sharing those awesome photos of Bob Hope's collection! You might want to post that last photo of Bob Hope's collection into the Show Me Your Memorabilia Room thread.
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07-07-2011, 10:54 PM #14
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07-08-2011, 09:43 AM #15
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Re: Show off your clear shell helmets
Those are some sweet clear shells. That's one of the very, very few SMU clear shells I've seen out there.
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07-10-2011, 02:27 PM #16
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Jacuzzi, that's pretty incredible to not only own a Maxpro clear shell SMU helmet, but also to have acquired it from the personal collection of Bob Hope. That's incredible! Just curious, how did you get a helmet from Bob Hope's collection? Was his sports memorabilia collection auctioned off to the public at some point?
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07-10-2011, 03:34 PM #17
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Re: Show off your clear shell helmets
Hate to be a dumbass and ask this but what is a clear shell helmet exactly?
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07-10-2011, 11:26 PM #18
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Re: Show off your clear shell helmets
Hi Mad87man, your question is a very good one (and not dumb at all). Clear shell helmets are football helmets that have the paint, stripes and logos applied to the helmet beneath a clear outer shell, so that the logos and stripes stay intact and do not have to be replaced. Only a few helmet manufacturers made them in the 70's and 80's (Maxpro and Kelly brands, I believe), and they are very rare and very desirable to many football helmet collectors. Here are two links that you can read that gives great background on clear shell helmets. The first link is from the incredible Helmet Hut website that features an amazing Cincinnati Bengals Maxpro clear shell helmet and a great history of clear shell helmets:
http://www.helmethut.com/Bengals/Simmons.html
This next link is a story on Uniwatch featuring my friend and Seahawks helmet collector, Mike Princip, and his amazing creation of a Seahawks Kelly clear shell (which is also featured on Mike's www.greenglare.com website):
http://www.uni-watch.com/2008/04/07/...gton-monument/
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07-10-2011, 11:33 PM #19
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07-11-2011, 07:11 AM #20
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Re: Show off your clear shell helmets
To follow-up on Vikingshelmetguy's fine post, MacGregor was another major manufacturer of clear-shell helmets during that era. Also, while the intent was to put the decals and stripes under the clear shell, this was not always done (see photos in my post #7 in this thread).
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