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Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:18 pm
by Prairiepony
Fry's first year ('62) had red helmets, red jerseys and grey pants; replicated (Doak) late '40's uniforms.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:45 pm
by ozfan
http://i23.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/34/19/7 ... 2g/140.jpgTopper wrote:I think the red helmets did not come about until after WW II. Prior to that, I believe most teams wore a natural leather helmet. An older gentleman who attended Baylor back in those days told me that when SMU debuted the red helmet, he believed during the Walker era, that it created a stir because no one in the SWC had worn anything like it.
Even in the leather helmets SMU had a dyed red leather. The helmet you friend is talking about is the plastic suspension helmet which SMU was the first SWC team to wear. Check link
http://sportsbookusacom.com/products/f74.html
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:29 pm
by ozfan
ozfan wrote:Until the late 6o's or early 70's SMU always wore red jerseys and red helmats, their could have been one or two years in the 30's when they had a white helmats. The paints until about 1950 was a golden tan heavy duck material which a lot of schools wore it was a kind of standard. The first games I remember seeing was 1943 against a navy team.
I was wrong on the above dates 1957 to 61 The team wore white helmets before going back to red when Fry took over.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:27 pm
by LA_Mustang
couch 'em wrote:Red by 1937. I kind of like these
Those '37 unis are great.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:19 pm
by Topper
ozfan wrote:http://i23.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/34/19/763e_1.
JPGhttp://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mfau ... 2g/140.jpgTopper wrote:I think the red helmets did not come about until after WW II. Prior to that, I believe most teams wore a natural leather helmet. An older gentleman who attended Baylor back in those days told me that when SMU debuted the red helmet, he believed during the Walker era, that it created a stir because no one in the SWC had worn anything like it.
Even in the leather helmets SMU had a dyed red leather. The helmet you friend is talking about is the plastic suspension helmet which SMU was the first SWC team to wear. Check link
http://sportsbookusacom.com/products/f74.html
That's an interesting link. My friend's memory may have been hazy because he is elderly now. He mentioned Doak Walker, but I think that the leather helmets were still in use until 46 or 47? I wonder when they first dyed the leather? Maybe someone reading this knows someone from that era who remembers.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:22 pm
by Prairiepony
My memory may be fuzzy too..............BUT the photo of Doak on the cover of Life was a red suspension helmet. ( I think). Must have been '48 or '49.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:27 pm
by Prairiepony
September 27, 1948 edition. Khaki pants, red jersey and red helmet, suspension.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:37 pm
by ponyboy
I have a copy of this issue.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:47 pm
by Bergermeister
ponyboy wrote:I have a copy of this issue.
Got the whole uniform (as shown) in a cedar chest - lineman # - (not #37) and a whole lotta other "stuff"
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:14 pm
by Treadway21
Bergermeister wrote:ponyboy wrote:I have a copy of this issue.
Got the whole uniform (as shown) in a cedar chest - lineman # - (not #37) and a whole lotta other "stuff"
Very cool. How did you acquire the uniform.
A few years ago they we're selling replicas at the corral in the stadium that looked great. Unfortunately I held off buying and now they are no longer available.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:31 pm
by Topper
I have a copy of that issue also, but I am certain that I have seen other pictures from that era that indicate a single blue stripe along the center ridge of the helmet. Maybe I saw such a helmet in Heritage Hall. And I forgot about this site, but I am not sure that the information is definitive.
http://swchelmets.tripod.com/smu.html
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:28 pm
by redpony
IIRC they had the all red when they played Ohio st. in 50-51.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:46 pm
by Topper
No matter, the Doak era should inspire a great throwback uniform.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:14 pm
by SMUer
After watching ESPNU All-Access: Ole Miss it suddenly occurred to me that those navy Nike helmets are totally based on the Ole Miss design. I bet Turner told Nike/Bennett that we should look more like Ole Miss, and Nike simply copied that design.
Re: Throwbacks
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:12 pm
by PK
SMUer wrote:After watching ESPNU All-Access: Ole Miss it suddenly occurred to me that those navy Nike helmets are totally based on the Ole Miss design. I bet Turner told Nike/Bennett that we should look more like Ole Miss, and Nike simply copied that design.
I don't believe Ole Miss was wearing the dark blue helmets when Bennett started us wearing them.
