Of course the answer is ultimately, “yes,” but at what cost?
A game-worn John Hadl football helmet from an AFL All-Star Game has been on eBay for more than a month now. The price tag reads $4,000. Frankly, that may be a decent price. I have certainly seen helmets sell for much more, and all-star pieces do not come up for sale terribly often. Still, for my money, I think it is a pretty ugly piece. It just doesn’t have the visual appeal that I would want for something that expensive. Thoughts?
If I had an extra $4,000 to drop on AFL memorabilia (and with three kids, I do NOT!), there would be several other items that would try to find. A few of them may be:
- An AFL championship ring.
- To complete my collection of Los Angeles Chargers programs
- 1961 Golden Tulip Premiums
- A game worn Chargers helmet
- Large photo collections
Those are just off the top of my head. What about you? If you had $4,000 that you could only spend on AFL memorabilia, what would you buy?
That face bar is PU, and I don’t mean politically un-correct. Es muy stinko, as other changes that have transpired since taps played for the glorious 1960’s… facemasks, helmet/logo/color schemes/styles and uniforms have all declined, my opine more garish than beautiful (getting old is hell 🙂
Perhaps that is a symptom of age & the era that I most preferred, because the leather helmet did not appeal to me, but likewise the modern era just isn’t my cup of tea either, although I prefer automobiles from as far back as the 1930’s up to 1970, than their more modern offspring.
More than any single piece of memorabilia, I (as have previously) moreso would appreciate getting the opportunity to sit down with one of the heroes my youth, legend of the gridiron, & shoot the breeze. While programs, tickets, footballs, yearbooks, video, uniform piece/s variously, cards and signatures are all nice, the chance to ask questions one might’ve had for nigh on half a century are the cat’s meow.
Not a “1960′s AFL All-Star Game Used John Hadl Football Helmet”. It could be the 1973 Pro Bowl (1972 season) helmet
for me it is the old..long or 3/4 sleeve jersey..madeof that heavy weight durene material..I’d love an old Bills, or Chargers or Jets jersey made of the material of the 1960’s
Durene (sometimes spelled dureen).
Definitely not from the 1960s. My recollection is that AFL All-Star games were played with participants wearing the helmet they wore during the season. in contrast to the National Football League,the AFL helmets were not painted over or modified during that time frame.
That is definitely NOT an AFL helmet! The AFL All-Stars played the all the games wearing their team helmets except for the last All-Star game following the 1969 season when they wore helmets bearing the AFL “A on eagle” logo. In that game the Eastern Division wore white helmets and the West blue. The helmet pictured is a post-merger AFC Pro Bowl helmet from some game in the 1970’s.
I agree with 1967. Give me a chance to talk to those players from days gone by. As a sportswriter, I’d love the opportunity to interview some of those guys. I’d use the $4,000 for travel expenses.
Since I can use the $4,000 for AFL players only, I’d pick from among the following: Otis Taylor, Paul Lowe, Earl Faison, Lionel Taylor, and Marlin Briscoe. (QB James Harris also, but he was much more a player of the post-merger ’70’s).
I understand O-Taylor is in bad shape, and I’m very sorry. His well-being is infinitely more important than my getting an interview. It would’ve been an honor to meet him, as well as George Blanda and Cookie Gilchrist.
Faison is on the list not only for being a great player, but also for playing a guest role on my favorite TV show, “The Six Million Dollar Man.” He appeared in the 1975 episode, “One of Our Running Backs is Missing,” which co-starred Larry Csonka.
The guy on Ebay that owns the helmet above has changed the description to 1970’s AFC helmet. He must read your site Todd. (grin)
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