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Football helmet used by a member of the San Fransisco 49ers

American History Museum

Helmet, football
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Object Details

user

San Francisco 49ers

maker

Riddell

Description

Football helmet used by a member of the San Francisco 49ers football team is gold with a red and white stripe down the center. "SF" is in white inside a red circle on each side of the helmet. There is a gray, plastic coated metal face cage attached to the front of the helmet and a white plastic chin strap which attaches with a snap on each side of the helmet. The interior of the helmet has white, plastic foam inserts on the top and sides and there is a black nylon fabric covering over the plastic to cushion the head. This is the Ridell Speedflex helmet made "with fully integrated components and innovations for peak athlete performance and state-of-the-art protection. Backed by extensive research, including our 2+ million data points of on-field impacts, the SpeedFlex introduces many technical features that are new to the field," according to the Ridell website.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

2016

ID Number

2017.3169.01

nonaccession number

2017.3169

catalog number

2017.3169.01

Object Name

helmet, football
football helmet

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
fabric (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 10 1/2 in x 8 in x 13 in; 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm x 33.02 cm

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

name of sport

Football

level of sport

Professional

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-916b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1867704

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