Football patch worn by Bob Wobbrock at Gardena High School, Los Angeles, California
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Robert Wobbrock attended Gardena High School in California from 1953 to 1956. A typical kid of the fifties, he lettered in football and track. He received this letter during his freshman year hence the one football embroidered on the letter. For each year someone lettered in a varsity sport they would receive a letter with the year indicated in the amount of “athletic symbols or stars” embroidered on the letter. This practiced changed sometime during the 1970s and the athlete was given one letter throughout their high school career and given a gold bar for each subsequent year.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1953
- ID Number
- 2006.0242.04.1
- accession number
- 2006.0242
- catalog number
- 2006.0242.04.1
- user
- Wobbrock, Bob
- maker
- Pacific Athletic Company
- Object Name
- Academic Letter
- patch
- patch, football
- Physical Description
- fabric, felt (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 cm x 18 cm x .2 cm; 7 7/8 in x 7 1/16 in x 1/16 in
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Football
- level of sport
- High School
- Record ID
- nmah_1320134
