MacGregor Football Helmet Model H620
date: label: date made
content: ca 1946
label: date made
content: 1946
notes: label: Description
content: Leather MacGregor football helmet is red with black stripes, white threading and exposed beige padding around the front edges. This is model number H620 and has the MacGregor logo stamped on the front of the helmet. This style of helmet is known as an "Iron Cross" helmet due to the intersecting stripes on the top of the crown and was popular with college and university football teams.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: E. Michael Swanton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1114.02
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1114.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.1114
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Helmet
label: Object Name
content: helmet, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (snap material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 27 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 70.485 cm