Riddell Kra-Lite-8 TK2 Suspension Football Helmet St. Louis Cardinals Jim Hart

Rare St. Louis Cardinals Riddell Kra-Lite-8 TK2 helmet customized to represent Cardinals All- time great quarterback Jim Hart’s helmet from 1970! Helmet was manufactured in 1970 as evidenced by the date stamp inside above the ear hole. Kra-Lite-8 helmets were only produced for a little more than one year, so these are indeed rare and hard to find helmets!

This was a Riddell lamp as described below, so helmet is original and vintage and includes vintage leather jaw pads and vintage original team issued multiple piece decals. That’s right- these decals were applied by RIDDell at the time of manufacture in different pieces! Note some of the overlap in the decals. What an amazing piece of NFL history. Helmet also has the most popular football helmet facemask on the planet- a vintage Riddell BD-9 two bar facemask which is date matched to the helmet! To round out the package, helmet even has Hart’s #17 written above the earhole on removable tape just as equipment managers might have done for identification purposes. Helmet shows nice light patina for its age. See photos for details on this beauty. Will make a stunning display, and looks like it just came off the field!


Many of our helmets are vintage from the 1960's and 1970's. We offer many helmets manufactured by Riddell which were destined to be actual game used NFL helmets but before they could be shipped out to the teams, these helmets were used to make very collectible lamps for retail sale. These helmets had the suspension removed and were then attached to a wooden base with additional lamp parts attached. We have removed these helmets from the lamp and installed a new suspension and padding into them and the result is a stunning and amazing vintage helmet for with vintage authentic team decals and Riddell 2-bar BD-9 facemasks. All of our helmets are for display purposes only! They are not to be used or worn for competitive play. Westbrook Sportscards has been in business since 1988.