Hamilton Packers Football Helmet worn by Ernie Repetti
date: label: date made
content: 1930s
label: date made
content: ca 1947
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, Islip Terrace
topic: label: name of sport or game
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: 1981.0472.03
label: accession number
content: 1981.0472
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0472.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Helmet
label: Object Name
content: helmet, football
label: Object Name
content: football helmet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: elastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 7 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 19.05 cm