Football Shoulder Pads worn by Ernie Repetti, Hamilton Packers
date: label: Date made
content: 1916 - 1920
label: date made
content: ca 1947
name: label: maker
content: Wilson Sporting Goods Company
notes: label: Description
content: Ernest <i>Ernie </i> Repetti organized and directed the semi-professional Hamilton Packers football team, members of Long Island NY''s Suffolk County Football League. Previously, Repetti was a metropolitan all-scholastic football star at Brooklyn's Alexander Hamilton High School, going on to study at the City College of New York and serving four years in United States Army. A manager in the lumber industry, he also served as President of the Suffolk County Baseball, a position he held for over 25 years, starting in 1947.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Islip Terrace
topic: label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: semi-pro
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Christopher and Richard E. Repetti in memory of Ernest Repetti
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0472.05
label: accession number
content: 1981.0472
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0472.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoulder Pads
label: Object Name
content: shoulder pads, football
label: Object Type
content: shoulder pads
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: elastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 16 in x 6 in; 26.035 cm x 40.64 cm x 15.24 cm