MarkAtnip Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 GreetingsI collect the Full Sized Rawlings NFL helmets from the 60's - 80's, so I keep an eye on ebay helmets. This one has soared to over $400. I realize it is a clear-shelled Kelley helmet, which makes it valuable to some... but passing it off as a Bucs helmet? Is this some sort of long lost prototype? I can't imagine a professional franchise considering such a logo. Anyone have insight into this logo or is it just a HS helmets being pimped by someone who is either ignorant or devious? Vintage Tampa Bay Bucs Helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I think someone is trying to pull a fast one with this helmet. I think it looks like a high school helmet more than a prototype for a NFL franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Colors are consitant with the Burrell (Pa.) HS Bucs, a perennial powerhouse.Definetely not a TB Bucs prototype, after all, why would a prototype have "light use"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAtnip Posted June 7, 2006 Author Share Posted June 7, 2006 I knew I had never seen the logo before nor had I seen any Bucs prototypes with the exception of the original Bucco Bruce prototype, which was a hand painted prototype on a white helmet with no facemask which now resides in the Pro Football HOF. Unfortunately I figured that as soon as I came out and said "this helmet is being misrepresented" someone would recognize it as an obscure prototype. Wow... for once I was right. My day is made. It also appears that someone let him know he was wrong about the helmet as it has been relisted and the bid had gone down from $420 to under $50. The reference to Tampa Bay has also been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleujayone Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Is it just me or does the skull in the logo looks like it was taken from the Martians in Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleRed Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Looks like Brazosport or Brazoswood HS in Texas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlyKBMT Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I was just going to say I remember the Brazoswood (TX) Buccaneers wearing that helmet in the 80's, I don't know if they still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brinkeguthrie Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 SCREAMS High School. I hate it when people try to misrepresent things like this. The Bucs have had two helmets since 76. Bucco Bruce and now. DOH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtrich11 Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I dunno. Maybe if the sticker was a little bit BIGGER it'd like it.What a nasty helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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