Leather Football Helmet

[CarltonHendricks]

Keith, Very good elaboration on the "Princeton"....I never even thought about those nuances....I have a Princeton but it's sort of on loan at the moment...I think it has four spokes/tabs that attach to the main body...

Yeah that Schmelzer....then later a collector read the story, knew what I paid and had to have it...after turning down a couple offers I acquiesced...The buyer coaxed me by telling me as much I'd be able to brag about the profit margin...I leaned back with my feet up and hands behind my head after that one...

Bryan, I don't think I've ever met a Lacrosse collector....I have a very few lacrosse items....a few old sticks....a small early American lacrosse trophy...and a very rare lacrosse board game (top only)....I would buy something lacrosse if it were a killer display piece....like an antique statue or figural trophy...Oh yeah that's right I do have a statue of a lacrosse player missing the top of the stick.

One time I was at a book show in San Francisco...there were a lot of dealers from around the country...and I spotted a lacrosse broadside to die for....phenomanal, classic broadisde about late 19th century. I can't remember who the teams were but as I recall it was American...Dealer said he got it there at the show and didn't want to sell it. This was maybe 15 years ago and had I known what I know now...I'd have hurled money at the guy till he caved...never seen anything like it since...

[vintagesportflips]

I have dealt with one lacrosse collector in the past - I'm not sure how many are out there, but I am sure they exist. Lacrosse seems to be more popular today than it was 20 years ago or so, so perhaps down the road it will be more collected. I only have 2 lacrosse items in my collection, and only because they are Carlisle Indians school items. The first is a 1910 Carlisle Lacrosse team cabinet photo - the 2nd is a Carlisle Varsity Award letter given to a lacrosse player, and signed by Pop Warner. Both are on the Carlisle section of my Collectors showcase page on antiquesports.co, but here are a couple of photos.

[perezfan]

Neat LaCrosse stuff, Keith and Carlton... an obscure segment of the hobby, to say the least...

I have absolutely nothing to contribute with regard to LaCrosse, other than the picture on the left below, which I believe to be one of the Princeton style Helmets with the LaCrosse Visor attachment.

The photo on the right is perhaps my favorite of all the Princeton Styles. A holy grail Spalding Model with black "scalloped" top portion...

The 3rd photo is from an early Spalding Catalogue, showing obscure items like Collar Bone Protectors, Nose Masks and Beehive style Helmets.

Happy Collecting!

[pgellis]

Here's some photos of my nose mask:

[foamspoon]

that nose mask is great! Is it rubber?

[pgellis]

Yes. Extremely "hard" rubber.