August 6, 2020: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2020
This is an intriguing artifact even if it can't lay claim to game use: a Tampa Bay Bucs Rawlings helmet dating to the club’s inaugural season in 1976, with original striping and team logos and signs of use, if not actual game use, since the helmet is not drilled for any style facemask and thus was not used in a game. Manufacturer’s information appears back left with Rawlings Air Flo Size 7 5/8 to 7 ¾; the Bucs mostly used Riddells in their inaugural season and the helmet may have been sent to the team in order to get them to use Rawlings helmets.
Circa 1975-76 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sample Helmet
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