Great Lakes Valley Conference

Great Lakes Valley Conference


CENTRAL STATE	INDIANAPOLIS	KENTUCKY WESLEYAN
"Marauders"	"Greyhounds"	"Panthers"
Wilberforce, OH	Indianapolis, IN	Owensboro, KY


McKENDREE	MISSOURI S&T	QUINCY
"Bearcats"	"Miners"	"Hawks"
Lebanon, IL	Rolla, MO	Quincy, IL


SAINT JOSEPH'S	URBANA	WILLIAM JEWELL
"Pumas"	"Blue Knights"	"Cardinals"
Rensselaer, IN	Urbana, OH	Liberty, MO

Comments

This conference will sponsor football for the first time in 2012. Of the nine inaugural teams, Central State, Saint Joseph's, and Quincy were using new helmet designs in 2011.

Historical Helmets

CENTRAL STATE


? - 1996	2005 only?	2006? - 2008


2009 - 2010	2011 -

Central State's football team was restored in 2005 after a nine-year absence. Apparently from 2006 through 2008, the team used the helmet logo visible in the photograph below - I would appreciate a copy of this helmet logo.

INDIANAPOLIS


1977 - 1978	? - 2001	2002 - 2006
*see note 1 below


2007 -

*1 The school's name was Indiana Central University until 1986 (hence the "IC" logo on this helmet).

KENTUCKY WESLEYAN


1996 - 1998	1999 - 2002	2003 - 2007


2008	2009 -

This team first played in 1983, so a complete helmet design history could probably be ascertained quite easily by someone at the college with access to reference materials (yearbooks, game programs, etc.). I have not received any information about pre-1996 helmet designs for KWC.

McKENDREE


? - present

This team has apparently used plain gold helmets since at least the year 2000. I have not yet received any information about earlier helmet designs used by McKendree.

MISSOURI S&T


1962 - 1964	1965	1967 - 1969


1970	1971 - 1973	1974 - 1979


1980 - 1989	1990 - 1994	1995 - 1998


1999 - 2003	2004 - 2007	2008 -

Earlier helmets have been described as follows:

1962-1964: black helmets with gold stripe;

1965: gold helmets with black stripe and "UMR" logo in "Arial" font;

1967-1969: gold helmets with white/black/white stripe sequence;

1970: gold helmets with black/white/black stripe sequence;

1971-1973: white helmets with gray facemasks, black/gold/black stripe sequence, and logo depicting a cartoon miner named "Joe";

1980-1989: gold helmets with black/white/gold/white/black stripe sequence and black facemasks;

1990-1994: black helmets with black facemasks and script "Miners" logo in gold (logo said to be similar to the 1995-1998 logo).

I would greatly appreciate photographs of any of these helmet designs, in addition to the undescribed 1960, 1961, and 1966 helmets for this team.

QUINCY


2004, 2005 (some games)	? - 2003; 2005 (some games)	2006 - 2010


2011 -

The dates listed here are quite uncertain, and I think this may be one of those teams that either uses helmet decals irregularly, or sometimes wears them on only one side of the helmet. Clarification of the recent history would be appreciated. The helmet logo that was absent during at least some games in 2004 was back again by at least the 2005 game against McKendree.

The Quincy football team has existed only since 1986, so a complete helmet history for the team could probably be ascertained quite easily by someone at the university.

SAINT JOSEPH'S


? - 2001	2002 - 2003	2004 only?


2005 - 2009	2010	2011 -

This team has existed for decades but I have not yet received any information about its helmet designs from before the year 2001.

URBANA


? - 2001?	2002	2003 - 2005


2006	2007 -

WILLIAM JEWELL


c.1990	? - 2001	2002 - 2004


2005 -