The iconic solid orange helmets haven’t always been barren
The very first helmet logos for pro football appeared on the Los Angeles Rams helmets in 1948. Rams’ equipment manager Fred Gehrke was a former art student and came up with the idea to paint yellow ram horns on the then-leather lids. After a sample was done, he was commissioned by owner Dan Reeves to paint the ram horn logo on each player’s helmet for $1 a helmet for each game.
With the...