Dark brown animal pelt chapeau de bras style naval hat. The outer edges of the brim are trimmed with what appears to be a brown brocade ribbon and there is folded metal gimp on the proper right side. Inside of the folded gimp are two jewels: a jet or…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.14
Haywood Scissum (November 19, 1924 – August 28, 1995) was an American football coach. He was the 11th head football coach at Tuskegee Institute—now known as Tuskegee University—in Tuskegee, Alabama, serving for 11 seasons, from 1970 to 1980, a comping a…
Black leather Everlast boxing headgear made for Muhammad Ali and used at Deer Lake Training Camp. The exterior portion of the headgear is made out of black leather. There is padding on both sides of the headgear, with extra padding on the back to protect…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.91.11
The Headhunters were a professional wrestling tag team who consists of American twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiago (born August 11, 1968, in New York, New York), best known by the respective ring names, Headhunter A and Headhunter B, although they…
Heather Regina Oakes (née Hunte; born 14 August 1959) is an English former sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. In the 4 × 100m relay, she won Olympic bronze medals in Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984. She also won a silver medal in the 60m at…
Héctor Rodolfo Baley (born 16 November 1950) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Baley was a goalkeeper in Argentina's 1978 FIFA World Cup winning squad and also in the 1982 tournament. Given goalkeeper Ubaldo…
Heishma Northern is an American former college football coach. He was the head football coach for Prairie View A&M University from 2011 to 2014. He also coached for Glen Oaks High School, Morehouse, Grambling State, and Texas Southern.
Helen Lorraine Nkwocha (born 24 August 1976) is an English football manager and former footballer who is currently manager of Faroe Islands Premier League club Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag. In August 2021, Nkwocha gained international attention for being the first…
A Buffalo Bills football helmet worn by Bruce Smith. The red Riddell helmet has a white face guard and white chin strap. Down the middle of the helmet is a blue stripe with two white stripes on either side. A white rectangle in the front center reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.13ab
A Chicago Bears football helmet worn by Walter Payton. The Wilson helmet is navy with a navy face guard. A white rectangle in the front center reads [Wilson] in a black script text. On either side of the helmet is a Chicago Bears logo of an orange [C] with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.7
A Dallas Cowboys football helmet worn by Emmitt Smith. The Riddell helmet is light grey with a light grey face guard. Down the center is a white stripe bordered by a navy stripe on either side. There is a white rectangle in the front center that reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.6
A San Francisco 49ers football helmet worn by Jerry Rice. The gold Riddell football helmet is gold, with a white center stripe bordered by two red stripes down the center of the helmet. It has a gray face guard and a white chin strap. A white rectangle in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.5ab
Henderson Gill (born 16 January 1961) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He played for Bradford Northern, Wigan and Rochdale Hornets in the Rugby Football League Championship and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL competition. Gill…
Henoc Muamba (born February 23, 1989) is a Congolese-Canadian former professional football linebacker who played in both the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL). He was a two-time CFL All-Star, three-time CFL Divisional…
Henry Jackson Jr. (December 12, 1912 – October 22, 1988) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1937.
Henry Boyd Hucles Jr. (November 11, 1897 – September 11, 1979) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Union University from 1919 to 1920 and again from…
Charles Henry Bibby (born November 24, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and San Diego Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Henry Carr (November 27, 1942 – May 29, 2015) was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Henry Preston Dickerson (November 27, 1951 – August 10, 2023) was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the men's basketball team at North Carolina Central University from 2004 to 2009. He led the…
Henry Austin Ellard (born July 21, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams (1983–1993), Washington Redskins (1994–1998), and New England Patriots (1998) of the National Football League…
Henry Frazier III (born March 20, 1968) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Virginia State University, a position he has held since 2022. Frazier served as the head football coach at Bowie State…
Henry Holbert Jr. (May 7, 1927 – December 1, 1995) was an American football tight end and coach. He served as the head coach for the Alabama State Hornets from 1969 to 1972, in addition to many years as an assistant. Holbert attended college at Tennessee…
Henry Timothy Hughton (born 18 November 1959) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in England, he represented Ireland at under-21 level.
