Displayed is a 1950s MacGregor Goldsmith Frank Leahy leather football helmet that is a small size and intended for use by youths. Leahy is in the College Football Hall of Fame for his coaching, primarily at Notre Dame. He was a tackle who played under Knute Rockne in 1929 and then could no longer play because of a serious knee injury. In his final two years as a student, Rockne had Leahy become an informal coach of the Fighting Irish tackles. After working his way up the coaching ladder as an assistant at various schools, Leahy became the head coach at Fordham (1933-38) and developed the renowned Seven Blocks of Granite line. After two years as the head coach at Boston College (1939-40), Leahy took over the Notre Dame program. Leahy was the head coach at Notre Dame from 1941-43, spent two years as a Navy officer during World War II, and resumed coaching the Fighting Irish from 1946-53. He had amazing results, winning four National Championships, and winning 39 games in a row (1946-50). Leahy's Notre Dame teams had four Heisman winners: Angelo Bertelli, Johnny Lujack, Leon Hart, and Johnny Lattner. Leahy also recruited a fifth Heisman winner - Paul Hornung. The offered helmet is blue and white, with a chin strap. The front displays a stamped "MacGregor/Goldsmith" as the manufacturer. Also on the front is a small image of Leahy, in a Notre Dame coaching cap, with his facsimile signature. The helmet shows nice use. The outside shows small paint transfers, abrasions, and scratches. Inside, the helmet exhibits frayed protective padding and sweat stains. There was some stamped writing on the center of the interior suspension area, but use has made it illegible. On the rear of the helmet is a small, machine stamped 55, in silver numerals. The left front side has a distinct, outward bend. The helmet's value rests on the fame of Frank Leahy and on the evidence of use on a boys' helmet that probably saw extended action in informal games at the tail end of leather helmet use.