MacGregor Football Helmet Model H612
date: label: date made
content: ca 1946
label: date made
content: 1955
name: label: maker
content: MacGregor
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Red and orange leather football helmet with earholes and a chinstrap that snaps in place. This is a MacGregor H612 model helmet and is size 7 1/2. 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: 1977.1114.01
label: accession number
content: 1977.1114
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1114.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Helmet
label: Object Name
content: helmet, football
label: Object Name
content: face mask, football
label: Object Name
content: football helmet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (snap material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (snap material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 29 in; 25.4 cm x 73.66 cm