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Helmet History

Timothy P. Brown of Football Archaeology shares his research and keen eye for some unique helmet designs. This episode focuses on the "winged" helmet design and the homage paid to it by a few teams in the modern era.

Here is a bit more about our guest...

Timothy P Brown

Tim Brown, one of the foremost experts on early college football, is the host and founder of FootballArchaeology.com. Tim's love of the gridiron's past goes beyond just the website. Mr Brown, to date, is the author of three books on football history, appears on various football history podcasts, and has been quoted in articles by The Athletic, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He guest authors articles on UniWatch, and his research on the 1920s West Point Cavalry Detachment teams contributed to All American: The Power of Sports, currently on display at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C.

His books include: Fields of Friendly Strife; How Football Became Football: 150 Years of the Game's Evolution; and Hut! Hut! Hike! A History of Football Terminology, which explores the history of football’s words and expressions and how they became connected to the game.

Winged Helmets

First lets define what a winged helmet is NOT. The head shell logos of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons are not the "winged" helmets that are the subject of this discussion.

Wikipedia has a great description of our topic and says the winged football helmets are: "The winged football helmet is a helmet bearing a distinctive two-toned painted design that typically has sharp outward curves over the forehead forming a wing." A perfect example of modern winged helmets are the Michigan Wolverines.

The Original Post on Winged Helmets

Below is a direct link to the original Tidbit piece that Tim Brown has posted on this subject on the Football Archaeology website.

Today’s Tidbit... When Leather Helmets Earned Their Wings

Timothy P. Brown gives us the history of the Winged Helmet design and its modern-day tributes on the gridiron.

The Original Leather Design of the Winged Helmet

The Winged helmet was originally a design of the leather helmets that had very pronounced leather browl panel, that was done in the art deco style of the era with a curly cue on each corner of the wider top-side to give it a winged-look. It was also an element that hade the helmet a bit more rugged and sturdy to last and protect its wearer during use.

Here is an example of a leaterh winged helmet courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Credits

A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: Timothy Brown and his FootballArchaeology.com website.

Banner photo is courtesy of The 1921 Spalding Football Guide, a some of the Company's leather helmet models avaiable for sale that year.

Football Archaeology

Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com is a website dedicated to preserving pigskin history. digs into gridiron history to examine how football’s evolution shapes today's game. The site has a variety of articles, history of football word origins, and Daily Tidbits, which have a daily football factoid that shares some quite interesting items and aspects of the gridiron in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way Visit the site at Today's Tidbits.

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