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North St. Paul Polars Simley Spartans Football South St. Paul Packers Football
Hill-Murray
"Pioneers"
Maplewood, MN
3AAAA
North St. Paul
"Polars"
North St. Paul, MN
4AAAAA
Simley 
"Spartans"
Inver Grove Hieghts, MN
3AAAA
South St. Paul
"Packers"
South St. Paul, MN
3AAAA

 


HISTORICAL HELMETS
Hill-Murray      
1961?-? ?-1965? 1971-1972 1975?-1980?
?-1980? ?-1985? ?-2005 2006-2010
Hill-Murray Football Hill-Murray Football  
2011-2012 2013-2014 2015  
   
2016-Present (left) 2016-Present (right)    

 

Hill Murray was formed in 1971 through the consolidation of Archbishop Murray Memorial High School and Hill High School. Hill High was established in 1959 by the Christian Brothers as a school for young men. Archbishop Murray was founded in 1958 by the Benedictine Sisters as a school for young women. Hill sported a varsity team since it’s opening in 1959.


 

North St. Paul      
North St. Paul Polars
North St. Paul Polars
North St. Paul Polars North St. Paul Polars
1955-1964? 1965?-1970? 1971?-1982 1983-1993
       
North St. Paul Polars Football North St. Paul Polars North St. Paul Polars North St. Paul Polars
1994-2005 2006-2008 2009-2011 2012-?
North St. Paul Polars North St. Paul Polars North St. Paul Polars  
?-2015 2016-2017 2018-Present  


 

Mahtomedi      
1932-1947 1948-1951 1952-1953 (a) 1954-1955
1956-1961 1962-1973 1974-1977 1978-1993 (b)
1978-1993(c) 1978-1993(d) 1994-2009 2010-2015
     
2016-Present      

 

Mahtomedi High School opened the fall of 1930, and was originally referred to as Lincolntown of Mahtomedi High School. The mascot was the Violets (a flower) and the original school colors were purple and yellow. Sometime around the late 1930’s, the current Zephyr was adopted. Similarly, the Lincolntown name was also dropped, resulting in the Mahtomedi Zephyrs. However, the original school colors did remain purple and yellow until 1954.

According to legend, former football coach George Smith complained privately that his players “looked like a bunch of Easter eggs” on the field. When it was time for new football jerseys, he took it upon himself to shake things up. When the football team took the field in 1954, they were sporting a new look of navy and yellow. 

Coach Smith also implemented a way to motivate his players and promote off season training. From the years 1978-1993, Mahtomedi players were all issued a solid navy helmet with a yellow stripe down the middle (b). Players could earn additional helmet decals as a reward for performance. If a player was able to bench press 200 pounds or more, they got to wear that number on the right side of their helmet (c).  Additionally, if a player ran the forty yard dash in five seconds or less, they earned a Zephyr decal on the left side of their helmet (d). It was rare that any two players on a given team had the exact same helmet presentation.

Click here to read more about the history of Mahtomedi football.


Simley      
Simley Spartans Football Simley Spartans Football Simley Spartans Football
? 2006(?)-? ?-2009 2010
Simley Spartans Football Simley Spartans Football Simley Spartans Football Simley Spartans Football
2011 2012-2015 2015(a) 2016-2017 (b)
Simley Spartans Football Simley Spartans Football Simley Spartans Football Simley Spartans Football
2016-2017 (b) 2018-2019 (c) 2019-Present (d) 2020-Present (e)

(a) On September 11th, 2015 Simley added a purple center stripe to there helmets. On that purple center stripe players wrote names of friends and family members who were battling cancer.

(b) Simley began wearing 2 helmets during the 2017 season.

(c) Simley will wear this helmet twice during the 2019 season.

(d) Simley will wear this helmet along with the blue (e) helmet for the 2020 season.

 

South St. Paul      
South St. Paul Packers Football South St. Paul Packers Football South St. Paul Packers Football South St. Paul Packers Football
1930's?
1940's?
1950's?
?-1967?
       
South St. Paul Packers Football South St. Paul Packers Football South St. Paul Packers Football South St. Paul Packers Football
1978-1980's?
1988-1989
1990 ?-1994?
       
South St. Paul Packers Football South St. Paul Packers Football South St. Paul Packers Football
1995-1998? 1999-2003? 2004-2005 2006-Present

South St. Paul athletic website has newspaper photographs of there team through out their schools history. Their is no exact timeline of when these helmets were acutally used. If someone has that info could you please pass it on to me.