1948 Ticket Stub from 1st NFL Game With Helmet Logo

St. Louis/Los Angeles/Cleveland Rams:  1946-1949:  The first NFL football helmet with a logo or design.  Created by LA Rams halfback Fred Gerhke in 1946, who was trained in art.  The original leather helmets were hand-painted by Gerhke, who played for the Rams in Cleveland in 1940 & 1945, and in LA from 1946-1949.  In 1949, Riddell started making plastic shell helmets with the Rams logo.  Source: foreshock.wordpress.com

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