- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Manufactured by
- Riddell, American, founded 1929
- Worn by
- Jerry Rice, American, born 1962
- Subject of
- San Francisco 49ers, American, founded 1946
- Date
- 1991-1995
- Medium
- plastic, metal, padding, synthetic fiber, paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (On Form): 11 3/4 × 10 × 11 1/2 in. (29.8 × 25.4 × 29.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Flat): 10 × 9 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (25.4 × 24.1 × 32.4 cm)
- Description
- A San Francisco 49ers football helmet worn by Jerry Rice.
- The gold Riddell football helmet is gold, with a white center stripe bordered by two red stripes down the center of the helmet. It has a gray face guard and a white chin strap. A white rectangle in the front center reads [Riddell] in black. On either side of the helmet is the white [SF] logo inside a red oval with a black border.
- On the lower left side of the back of the helmet there is a red, white, and blue [NFL] logo. There are white stars and a white football in the blue section at the top. The text is in red on a white background. On the lower right side there is a clear [WARNING] sticker with black text. Some of the text has faded. There is a smaller faded sticker above it. There is a piece of white plastic in the bottom center of the helmet. There is a faded yellow rectangle sticker with [49ERS] in fancy red text.
- The interior padding is white. There is a white [WARNING] label with red text. There is also a red rectangle sticker with white text that reads [RICE 80].
- Place used
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Jock Michael Smith Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Sports Uniforms
- Type
- helmets
- sports uniforms
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Jock Michael Smith Collection
- Object number
- 2016.107.5ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




