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Thread Title: I like the ones where they're holding their helmets
Created On Thursday March 12, 2009 12:27 PM

nearmint
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Thursday March 12, 2009 12:27 PM

I like seeing the players' helmets on football cards, because, well, it's fun to look at old helmets. But of course if a player is wearing his helmet, it covers his face. And sometimes that pesky facemask gets in the way and makes the guy look downright dopey.

So I like the pose where the player is sitting and holding his helmet. Then you get to see both of them.

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leathtech
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Thursday March 12, 2009 1:30 PM

sweet pictures and I miss the Oilers!

Bob Talamini looks like he was playing at age 60!

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digicat
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Thursday March 12, 2009 1:43 PM

<< Bob Talamini looks like he was playing at age 60! >>

According to Wikipedia, he was born in 1939, so he's just 27 or 28 in that pic. Man, hard living back in the day, huh?

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Dboneesq
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Thursday March 12, 2009 1:45 PM

<< Bob Talamini looks like he was playing at age 60! >>

HAHAHA ... I was thinking the same thing as soon as I saw that card. 27 or 28? WOW!

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perkdog
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Thursday March 12, 2009 3:48 PM

Great looking cards Mike, I gotta admit I never really took much observation about cards showing the team emblems on the helmets. Great stuff!

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nearmint
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Thursday March 12, 2009 8:22 PM

Okay, since you guys seem to like 'em, here are a few more. (I didn't notice until now that most of the Packers in the 1969 Topps set are in this pose.)

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Thursday March 12, 2009 8:30 PM

Fantastic cards and very interesting take. Mike, I always love looking at your cards.

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Friday March 13, 2009 1:28 AM

Anyone who loves helmets needs to have this site bookmarked.

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nearmint
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Saturday April 11, 2009 10:07 AM

Here's a weird one. It's a 1961 Fleer card, but Jamison's helmet doesn't match the Oilers helmet shown at the Helmet Project for 1961. Anyone know if the Oilers actually used the helmet on the card? Or might Fleer have recolored it?

Here's the helmet worn in 1961, according to the Helmet Project. This page shows all the Oilers helmets. (You have to scroll down.)

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Edited: Saturday April 11, 2009 at 1:41 PM by nearmint

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Saturday April 11, 2009 11:34 AM

That jersey looks airbrushed to me, so the helmet probably was too.

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lawnmowerman
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Saturday April 11, 2009 11:40 AM

Best non-wearing helmet card ever!

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revmoran
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Saturday April 11, 2009 1:00 PM

One of my favorite helmet "cards" is the 1938 matchbook for Dutch Clark

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Stingray
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Saturday April 11, 2009 1:46 PM

You might want to change the wording on the main title.

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lawnmowerman
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Saturday April 11, 2009 2:03 PM

Sometimes I wake up at night holding my helmet.

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Saturday April 11, 2009 2:39 PM

<< Sometimes I wake up at night holding my helmet. >>

Of course you do, all us married guys do it

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Edited: Saturday April 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM by jmoran19

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SoFLPhillyFan
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Saturday April 11, 2009 4:08 PM

<< Sometimes I wake up at night holding my helmet. >>

Dreaming of Emmitt and holding his "hemit."

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