Football helmet worn by the donor, Mr. Earl Sheeley
date: label: date made
content: 1916
label: associated dates
content: 1982 03 30 / 1982 03 30
label: associated dates
content: 1916 / 1916
name: label: transfer
content: Division of Miltary and Society
notes: label: Description
content: Oval-shaped football helmet with earflaps, a forehead guard, interior cotton padding, and side reinforcement section crossing at the top. This helmet was worn by the donor, Earl Sheeley while a member of the U.S. Army during service on the Mexican border in 1916. According to the donor the helmet was issued to the regiment teams whether from a social fund or the Quartermaster Corps. Each company was equipped to play and each had a team in competition. The donor's 16th regiment became the 112th in the 28th division later on.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310958.01
label: accession number
content: 310958
label: catalog number
content: 310958.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Helmet
label: Object Name
content: helmet, football
label: Object Name
content: football helmet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 9 in x 8 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 22.86 cm x 21.59 cm