The Los Angeles Rams’ “Bone Style” Helmets
August 12th, 2011 | Published in Uniforms | 2 Comments
A friend of mine bought a copy of this card recently; it’s a 1952 Bowman Large card of Bob Waterfield. When I saw his card, I noticed something that I hadn’t before: Waterfield’s helmet has “bone style,” or serrated, ram horns on it. My first thought was that the artist had taken liberties with the image and changed the Rams’ smooth horns to serrated ones. I did a little searching, though, and I found that the Rams actually did wear serrated horns for one season, 1949. I also found a replica of the 1949 Rams helmet.
The L.A. Rams weren’t the only Rams to wear bone style horns: the Colorado State Rams wore them for a few years, too. You can see CSU’s version in a previous blog article. It’s interesting that, though people seem to prefer the bone style horns, both the St. Louis (formerly Los Angeles) and CSU Rams persist with the smooth ones.
August 13th, 2011 at 5:00 AM (#)
Today’s Rams need to go back to that helmet graphic. I don’t recall if their modern throwback uni’s include the bone style helmet, but it should. Pretty cool!
July 31st, 2012 at 8:11 PM (#)
When the Rams move back to LA 2013. They should bring back that bone style helmet again !