Minnesota Vikings Collection

[atomic912s]

Re: Minnesota Vikings Collection

In addition,

The football pads he donated to the HOF look to be PM19 pads, the pad placement on the shoulders is identical.

- I am going to speculate for a second on a side note - the HOF pads are 4xx while mine are 2xx, one thing I noticed about my pads is the padding is only about 1/3 inch thick on the inside breasts shoulders and back, the HOF pads look like they have a lot thicker padding... Maybe the reason for the slight increase in size?

also the custom stitch work was done on a custom Vikings colored liner. As far as the crease in picture two is concerned, that is not present on the other side. And you can tell because of the stich work it created a very unique crease in the padding.

Randle was a fairly small sized guy for the position he played - ripped this from Wikipedia - "Randle went undrafted; he tried out for his brother's team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but was thought to be too small, and was not signed to a contract."


Just saying!

[helmets]

Re: Minnesota Vikings Collection

The shoulder pads that are in the HOF are not PM19's - not even close. They look to me to be PM86's - which are worn by OL and DL. The chest is different, the padding is different, they have two velcro straps on the chest and back - compared to one on the PM19's, and are designed to be worn by defensive linemen - not Quarterbacks and Receivers. Besides that, they are a full two sizes larger than the pads that you bought. Until you have an actual photo match of Randle wearing PM19 shoulder pads, tough to call them John Randle's - just because they were in his old locker.

Just saying...

[atomic912s]

Re: Minnesota Vikings Collection

.......... My point proved........

[atomic912s]

Gave Randle His Pads Back Tonight!

Tonight I had the opportunity to give John his shoulder pads back.

I went through the autograph line, got my vikes helmet signed, and a locker room name plate of his signed, while wearing his 2014 pig skin pro am game worn jersey - Which he noticed right away and said "Where did you get that!".

I told him I had his game worn pads in my truck and that I would like him to have them. He said "that is cool man, grab the pads". As soon as I walked up to John, he knew right away what they where. I said "do those look familiar John" and he said "yes they do". He wanted to know the story behind them, I told him how I acquired them. I slipped him my name and number on a post it note, in case he wanted more info.

He was very cool and thankful, and I felt good about it!