A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
The Montreal Alouettes briefly added green to the team's color scheme in the early 1970s before replacing it with blue in the middle of the decade to go along with the tricolor red, white and blue used by the city's other professional sports teams. This game used Peter Dalla Riva helmet from that era features a green stripe down the middle of the helmet flanked by a pair of red stripes, and a green circle for the eye in the otherwise red Alouettes logo on both sides of the helmet. This is the helmet Dalla Riva wore during the Als' Grey Cup win in 1970 and throughout the bulk of the team's stay at the blustery Autostade on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. The white helmet has "Dalla Riva" written in green marker around the inside of the right ear hole and features its original padding, including cushioned leather pads at the bottom of both ears and a network of leather and canvas internal straps inside the head. The original Riddell chinstrap remains in place. The helmet's original facemask is included, though it has broken away from its original attachments, which remain in place, screwed onto the helmet. "Riddell" is visible on the rear of the helmet on the left side of the base, just under the "7" in the No. 74 stickers on the back with Dalla Riva's familiar numbers placed on either side of the green stripe. This exceptional piece of intage CFL equipment comes along with Peter Dalla Riva's signed letter of authenticity.
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