After seeing what I had discovered I immediately sent an email to the individual who sold them to me and I asked for any information that he had on these helmets. My curiosity had already been stirred up because underneath each of the helmet's bills somebody had put the names of their favorite player for each specific team. The list reads as follows: Cubs - Bocabella Giants - Hart Mets - Swaboda Indians - Colavito Athletics - Hershberger Reds - Johnson Pirates - Clemente Phillies - Callison Angels - Peirsall Sox - Berry Dodgers - Lefebvre Yankees - Mantle Little things like this just make collecting helmets that much more interesting. Come to find out the gentlemen who sold me these helmets had picked them up at an estate auction in the Chicago area. He could not recall the name of the gentleman who had passed away, but he did tell me that this guy had played ball for the New York Yankees, but he wasn't for sure if that gentleman had made it to the big leagues. He did tell me that these helmets belonged to that guy's son and that this kid did go on to play college ball. It's a shame that a name couldn't be generated to go with these helmets, but I guess that still leaves a shroud of mysteriousness about them and makes them all the more interesting.
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