Antique Football Artifact Showcase
1905 Reach No. 3
1905 Leather & Moleskin Flattop
1879 Peck & Snyder Football Rule Book
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1925-1935 Spalding Executioner Helmet
Late 20's - Early 30's Friction Strip Jersey
Circa 1915-1918 Wright & Ditson Harvard Flattop
Circa 1895-1900
4-Strap Head Harness
Circa 1900 Spalding Improved Head Harness
Harry Mason's Circa 1895 Spalding No. 25 Ear Protector
Circa 1927 Spalding No. NP Nose Protector
Harry Mason's Circa 1900 Spalding No. 60 Double Crown Head Harness
Circa 1910 All-Leather Raincap Head Harness
Rare 1895-1900 Double Crown
Strap Head Harness
Winchester Sporting Goods 1923 Advertising Display
19th Century Association & Rugby Balls
Circa 1916-1918
Wright & Ditson
Princeton Head Helmet
c. 1935 Draper & Maynard NG1
Nose Guard
c. 1930 Goldsmith 8-Attachment Princeton Head Harness
1905 Stall & Dean
8-Spoke Head Harness
1896 Michigan-
Minnesota
Trophy Ball
1921 Green Bay Packers APFA Player Contract
1925 D&M No. 20H
Lineman's Helmet
1895 Collister & Sayle Football Catalog
Circa 1906 Penna Guard Nose Mask
c. 1932 Wilson FBAW Night Football
1904-05 University of Texas Cabinet Photo
The Oldest Surviving Football Uniform?
Previously Unknown
c. 1903 Spalding Improved Head Harness
c. 1935 Goldsmith HN9 Fibre-Reinforced
Nose Guard Helmet
c. 1937 Draper & Maynard NG2 Nose Guard
Victor No. 535A
Face & Ear Guard
Rawlings No. 167
4-Strap Reinforced Molded Crown Head Harness
c. 1922 Winchester No. 3237 Beehive Flattop
Victor No. 535B
Nose & Face Guard
1901-1910
A.G. Spalding
Football Union Suit
c. 1895 - 1905
Single-Strap Football Head Harness
c. 1900 Victor No. 539
8-Spoke Head Harness
Norm Tooker's 1905
Princeton University Jersey
1874 Harvard - McGill
Silver Trophy Cup
c.1897 - 1903
c. 1905 Rawlings
Raincap Head Harness
c. 1913 - 1916
1899 Yale Football Silver Trophy Cup
Reach No. 5
6-Strap Head Harness
Spalding No. 35
4-Strap Head Harness
1901 Penn Chicago Style Head Harness
1904-1910 Victor
No. 539
1880's Cornell College
Cabinet Card
1890's Wright & Ditson
Football Sweater
1900-1910 Football Jersey w/Leather Pads
Early Princeton-style
Head Harness
1894 Harvard Freshman Football Trophy Cup
1915 Wright & Ditson
Harvard Head Harness
c.1920-1935
Van Camp Football Shoes
c. 1910-1920 Hand-Painted
Football Down Marker
c. 1900 Head Harness with Adjustable Ear Flaps
c. 1891 University of Pennsylvania Football Skull Cap & Stockings
c.1912-1923 Wendell Patent Nose Mask
1903 Spalding No. 70
Pneumatic Head Harness
1895-1898 Overman Wheel Co.
Quilted Football Pants
1907-1910 Football Union Suit
1867 Alden Patent
Covering for Foot Balls