Show us their hats!

[T Jones]

John--yes, a real hat. He was the speaker at a convention for a high school group I was a member of in about 1967 and I recall he was wearing one of his houndstooth checkered cloth jobs.

And isn't #12 that kid from PA, later to lead the first AFL team to win a Super Bowl?

I saw #12 on TV a few months ago. Definitely not that young kid from PA anymore! Shame what age can do to most other guys!

 

[RJR]

Old #12 has had the odometer turned back several times.Good that the rest of us don't need that!!!

 

[hatophile]

Speaking of Football.

 

[bowlerman]

I dig that coachman hat in the Gary Cooper pic. Always wanted one like that.

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[T Jones]

I dig that coachman hat in the Gary Cooper pic. Always wanted one like that.

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That was from the movie "Saratoga Trunk". Ingrid Berman's role in that movie was my favorite she ever did. I like Gary Cooper's hat in that one. Actually, there's a lot of nice period hats in that movie you would definitely like. A lot of the hat styles are right down your alley. In the movie, Cooper is a Texas gambler who goes to New York and Bergman follows him there. The hat and fashion styles worn by New Yorkers from that era would definitely interest you. The movie seems to have something of a "Gone With The Wind" nuance to it, IMO.

 

[dh66]

This cold blast in July feels like football weather.

Some pics of Paul W. Bryant in a real hat:

It has been unseasonably cool down here lately.

Roll Tide!

 

[suitedcboy]

I never knew Bear Bryant had a decent hat. That houndstooth plaid crap he wore makes the stingy brim pinstripe dollar store things look good. I grew up in Alabama, I'm not a U of A hater.

 

[dh66]

Yee-ouch!! The pinstriped one?? Now, maybe the one with the skullhead on the side...

Seriously, the reason you can't get houndstooth ones at the dollar store too is because U of A intercepts them coming off the boat and sells them for $60 apiece at the student center.

 

[barrowjh]

I guess my own perceptions of when hat quality went downhill (sharply downhill) is based on when Bryant switched to cloth instead of felt in the mid-60s. That was not a correct perception, as I have found fedoras from a decade later that were still reasonably well made, still great felt. It is rare to find a full 2 1/2 inch brim felt fedora after that time - oh, if only I could find a kitten-finish Resistol with at least a 2 1/2 inch brim (and my size)! Those are rare. Resistol continued making great quality felt, and continued to offer western styles with normal brim widths.
I need to find and post a picture of General Neyland (UT's great coach) wearing a fedora also. I would bet that someone on here may come up with a Charlie McClendon (LSU) pic also.

 

[Dan Allen]

"I need to find and post a picture of General Neyland (UT's great coach) wearing a fedora also. I would bet that someone on here may come up with a Charlie McClendon (LSU) pic also"
Google images has a good one of him

 

[barrowjh]

Robert E Neyland

I added one more PWB on the previous page and now here are two good Robert E Neyland pics:




I was unable to find any pic of Charles McClendon (Cholly Mac) or Ralph (Shug) Jordan in a fedora.

 

[hatophile]

Very sad to hear.

 

[TheDane]

Robin Williams died today.

R.I.P

Edit: Sorry, Perry. I was fiddling around trying to get TFL to allow "R.I.P" in capital letters. Therefore I deleted the post a couple of times

 

[g.durand]

RIP indeed. Many of us around San Francisco have stories of meeting him and seeing him.

 

[TheDane]

RIP indeed. Many of us around San Francisco have stories of meeting him and seeing him.

I never met or saw him in person. My first experience with Robin Williams was, when Garp bid part of Bonkers' ear off. A severe attack by a family member's insane German Sheppard, when I was five, never really left me - so that scene really made my day! Revenge is a sweet dish, when served cold!

As it turned out in the movies to follow, it was no coincidence - Mr. Willams for sure proved to be a fabulous actor and comedian.

 

[1mach1]

We will miss him for sure.

 

[hatophile]

Together again.

Another great loss from the Golden Era, Lauren Bacall.

 

[1mach1]

+1

 

[Rogera]

Very sad to hear.

Indeed.

 

[ingineer]

Been reading some Terry Pratchett Si-Fi .
Went and googled him and found him always in a hat.



Looks like Federation IV.
Inspired me to buy one in carbon. Arrg hate these three month waits

Richard