On View
Sports Gallery
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Manufactured by
Riddell, American, founded 1929
Worn by
Smith, Bruce, American, born 1963
Subject of
Buffalo Bills, American, founded 1960
Date
1990s
Medium
plastic, metal, padding, synthetic fiber, paint
Dimensions
H x W x D: 10 × 9 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (25.4 × 24.1 × 34.9 cm)
Description
A Buffalo Bills football helmet worn by Bruce Smith. The red Riddell helmet has a white face guard and white chin strap. Down the middle of the helmet is a blue stripe with two white stripes on either side. A white rectangle in the front center reads [Riddell] in red. On either side of the helmet is the Bills logo of a blue buffalo with red stripe, both bordered in white.
On the lower left side of the back of the helmet there is a red, white, and blue [NFL] logo along with a peeling white [WARNING] sticker underneath with black text. There is a white “8” almost completely visible under the bottom right corner of the sticker. On the lower right side there is a clear [WARNING] sticker with white text. There is a smaller faded white sticker above it with black text that reads [XL]. There is a piece of white plastic in the bottom center of the helmet. It reads [BILLS] in blue. There are two small holes in the central navy stripe.
The interior padding is white.
Place used
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Jock Michael Smith Collection
Classification
Clothing - Sports Uniforms
Type
helmets
sports uniforms
Topic
Athletes
Clothing and dress
Football
Sports
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Jock Michael Smith Collection
Object number
2016.107.13ab
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59311337d-d368-47dc-844b-43cc3715b7d6

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