Silver helmets with red-white-red striping and the old oval "SF" logo was actually worn by the team from 1962-63. *Compared to their other early historical helmets—which were usually logoless and very plain-looking (usually solid red/white/silver/gold colored, with either none or minimal striping, since none of these mattered in the days of B&W television) it's their only helmet from that early era (before they adopted their classic gold helmet in 1964) which would still be recognizably "49ers"-looking if worn in a modernized version today.
^ Even though it might be more historically "accurate", I think it'd be aesthetically a mistake for the team's marketing (like they contemplated a few years back) to instead just go with just a plain-looking 1955-style red helmet if they chose to add an alternate-colored helmet shell like the NFL now allows. IMO, it'd be boring and they'd look like the Chiefs or a college team like Alabama/Oklahoma. Yes, yes…Ohio State blah blah blah…if they go with the silver 1962-63 helms, but hey, at least it still has that pro-style striping and those recognizable red oval "SF" logos.
Just pair the 1962-63 silver helmets with their 1955/1994 throwback/fauxback uniforms and call it a day. Nike (as usual) will probably market it as "White Gold" or something silly, but who cares.
*Complete yearly team uniform history:
https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=teams&team_id=SF
[ Edited by Dr_Bill_Walsh on Apr 26, 2024 at 1:48 PM ]
