- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Manufactured by
- Riddell, American, founded 1929
- Worn by
- Emmitt Smith, American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Dallas Cowboys, American, founded 1960
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- plastic, metal, padding, synthetic fiber, paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (On Form): 11 1/4 × 9 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (28.6 × 24.8 × 29.2 cm)
- H x W x D (Flat): 10 × 9 3/8 × 12 3/4 in. (25.4 × 23.8 × 32.4 cm)
- Description
- A Dallas Cowboys football helmet worn by Emmitt Smith. The Riddell helmet is light grey with a light grey face guard. Down the center is a white stripe bordered by a navy stripe on either side. There is a white rectangle in the front center that reads [Riddell] in black. On either side of the helmet is a navy star with white border and a navy border on the outside.
- 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. There is a smaller sticker above it. There is a piece of white plastic in the bottom center of the helmet. It reads [COWBOYS] in navy. There is a blue rectangle sticker towards the bottom of the white center stripe. It reads [E SMITH] in white. To the right of the right navy stripe there is a raised grey logo.
- The interior padding is white. There is not chin strap attached to this helmet.
- Place used
- Dallas, Texas, 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
- 2016.107.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




