Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/5/2019
The epitome of the tough men that used to make up the game of hockey, netminder Don Simmons suffered 15 broken noses during his career, had an eye knocked out of its socket and almost needed a tracheotomy once from a shot to the throat. The Port Colborne native is also noteworthy as the first netminder to regularly wear facial protection after its introduction by Jacques Plante, in 1959. We have an early plexiglass mask that hails from the Simmons family, with this one of four offered that was used by Simmons in games and/or practices during the 1960s. With a girth of 8” across the reverse and rounded plexiglass, the Louch mask feature’s the original red leather strapping and chin padding, with this the type of mask Simmons experimented with after an injury in 1959. An LOA from the Simmons family will accompany.
Possibly used with any of the teams Simmons played for during the 1960s including Boston, Toronto or the Rangers in the NHL, Providence, Rochester, Baltimore or Buffalo in the AHL, or even Vancouver (WHL) or Tulsa (CPHL), the mask survives in beautiful displayable condition, with a few scratches and marks to the plexiglass, and light wear to the strapping.
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