Football helmet used by a member of the San Francisco 49ers football team is gold with a red and white stripe down the center. "SF" is in white inside a red circle on each side of the helmet. There is a gray, plastic coated metal face cage attached to the front of the helmet and a white plastic chin strap which attaches with a snap on each side of the helmet. The interior of the helmet has white, plastic foam inserts on the top and sides and there is a black nylon fabric covering over the plastic to cushion the head. This is the Ridell Speedflex helmet made "with fully integrated components and innovations for peak athlete performance and state-of-the-art protection. Backed by extensive research, including our 2+ million data points of on-field impacts, the SpeedFlex introduces many technical features that are new to the field," according to the Ridell website.
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