Game Used Arizona State Riddell Pac3 helmet.  The helmet is all original and complete except for the chinstrap.  The helmet has a manufacturers date code from 1977, and was used for several seasons with the last season estimated to be 1988 or 1989 given the 1989 reconditioning sticker on the inside of the helmet.  The helmet is all original and complete as sourced - with the original Pac3 interior padding, original Riddell leather jaw pads in a medium sized thickness, and Schutt OPO model facemask, in a white color from 1989 - with white masks worn by the Sun Devils from the 1980 season.  Yes, if helmets could talk, the stories this one could tell - starting with the sunburst logo and gray facemasks in the late 1970's to the Sparky logo and white masks in the mid to late 1980s.  Yes, the Sun Devils had a great reconditioning company in local Sunvalco Reconditioning who kept their helmets in reconditioned new condition each season and before the ten (10) year rule came out, if helmets were properly cared for, some could last several year. 

The helmet shows moderate exterior and interior game wear.   The helmet has a Riddell Kra-Lite II heat stamp on the rear of the helmet as the early model Pac 3 helmets had.  The helmet has the thicker 20 mil multi-striping, along with the multi-colored Sun Devils logos.  The striping and logos are original, properly positioned, and adhered well to the helmet with some lifting to the side logos as shown in the photos.  The inside of the helmet has the 1977 original datecode, warning labels and remnants of reconditioning stickers from our source - Sunvalco reconditioning.  Additionally there are year/player identifiers marked inside the helemt.  Number 18 wore the helmet during the 1977 season while #8 wore the helmet during the 1981 season.  The helmet was sent out to the reconditioner following its last season, rejected due to age, replaced by a new helmet, and placed on a shelf, where it would sit for decades prior to our purchase. A very rare helmet of a highly desireable model, that obviously saw many years of action on the gridiron.