Object Details
- associated institution
- Jacksonville Sharks
- Description
- Football helmet from World Football League (WFL) team the Jacksonville Express. The Express played one season in the WFL, going 6-5 before the League folded before the end of the 1975 season. The team was preceded by the Jacksonville Sharks, who played in the WFL's 1964 season.
- The WFL was a short-lived competitor to the National Football League. The league only lasted on full season (1974) before folding in the middle of it's 1975 campaign.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1974 - 1975
- ID Number
- 1981.0499.05
- accession number
- 1981.0499
- catalog number
- 1981.0499.05
- Object Name
- football helmet
- Helmet
- helmet, football
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- foam (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- tape (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 9 in; 27.94 cm x 22.86 cm
- used
- United States: Florida, Jacksonville
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- name of sport
- Football
- level of sport
- Professional
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_670160
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-3e4a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
