Store / Football / Mini Helmets / Willie Lanier Signed Mini Helmet. Willie Lanier : biography August 21, 1945 – But Lanier’s uncontrolled tackling resulted in Chiefs’ equipment manager Bobby Yarborough outfitting Lanier’s helmet with extra padding. In doing so, he passed George Halas, who won 324 games in 40 years as the Chicago Bears' coach.To put that into context, the two winningest active head coaches -- Bill Belichick and Andy Reid -- are respectively 67 and 133 regular-season wins behind Shula.However, among those victories, Shula was on the wrong side of one of the greatest upsets in league history, as his heavily favored Colts were upset by the Jets in Super Bowl III.In his record-setting career, Shula's teams had regular-season wins over nine Hall of Fame coaches, including Halas, Vince Lombardi, Tom Landry, Chuck Noll and Bill Walsh. All final sales are done in $US amounts.CDN and International Buyers Please Note: The $US amount charged will be converted to the specific currency by your credit card company using their conversion rate.GST sales tax will apply to all Canadian residents. Willie Lanier Signed Mini Helmet SKU: 141737 $ 155.00 $ 124.00. And so, “Contact” became “Honey Badger.” Rather than always go for helmet-to-helmet hits, Lanier made sure to wrap up opposing ball carriers and bring them down that way. Weeks later, Lanier was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma as well as damage to his optic nerve. Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a middle linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1967 through 1977.
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Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Willie Lanier, nicknamed “Contact” for his hard-hitting style, wore this unusual helmet that includes extra padding on the outside shell designed to help absorb the impact of his hits on opponents. Almost Gone! As part of the 100th season, the NFL actually filed a trademark for "Duluth Eskimos," so it's likely coming to a T-shirt near you.Eskimos owner Ole Haugsrud certainly had vision. Check Out The Awesome Redesigned NFL Helmets of All 32 Teams Source Whoa, check out these awesome concept designs for the helmets of all 32 NFL teams. Almost Gone!
It also has the weird and wonderful.Ernie Nevers, a native of Willow River, Minnesota, had just finished an All-American career at Stanford when he signed with Duluth in 1926.Nevers, a Hall of Famer who once scored six touchdowns and four extra points in a 1929 game with the Chicago Cardinals, was so recognizable the team was actually renamed the "Ernie Nevers Eskimos" and went on a 29-game barnstorming tour.Nevers wore this coat during the tour. These take the boring old NFL helmet designs and brings them into the 21st century. Shop by category.
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The Cleveland Browns used it in a preseason game against the Detroit Lions; the Lions, however, quickly noticed Brown was not using players to shuttle playcalls into the huddle.After plenty of controversy, and four games in use, NFL commissioner Bert Bell banned the device.This radio, used 38 years before the NFL officially instituted the radio receiver, would pick up a variety of chatter, including local police radio traffic, even when it was used during a game.The 1958 game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts, featured 17 players, coaches and contributors who would later be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, including Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry, who were assistant coaches for the Giants.It was the first NFL playoff game to go into sudden-death overtime and was broadcast nationally (almost 55 million people tuned in).
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