IHCC - Member's Profiles

Below are profiles of some of our current and past members. These accounts were taken at the end of 2002.

My name is Geoff Bosley from Kennett Square, PA. I will be 23 next week. I graduated last May with a degree in Finance from Virginia Tech, but I currently work in the accounting department at Wyeth Labs. I'm single and moved back into my parents house after graduation.(can't beat no rent & mom's cooking.) I currently have a little over 300 minis, all from the NFL and Div 1-A. I need about 8 NFL throwbacks to complete my collection and Middle Tennessee St to finish off my Div 1-A collection. I'm always looking for Div 1-A TB’s though. In my spare time I like to be involved with sports (obviously), hanging out w/ my friends, and I've been fiddling around w/ real estate a little bit, (maybe a future career). I'm a die-hard Phillies, Cowboys, and Hokies fan and a somewhat interested fan of the Flyers & Sixers. I drive a 99 Ford Explorer. I am Rams fan for the weekend because I can't take any more of this Eagles talk..Talk to you later

Chad Brady, 30 years old, married (3 1/2 years). University of Nebraska - Lincoln and University of Nebraska Medical Center graduate. I am a clinical perfusionist (operate the heart/lung machine and other life support equipment during open-heart surgery). I have collected helmets for 5 years and my collection is comprised of 100 NFL/NFL TB's and every kind of Nebraska helmet you can think of (45 of them and they are all different). Other hobbies include coin collecting, running (compete in area road races), biking, and weight lifting. My wife is the health/fitness director at the YMCA.

Corey Coad - McMinnville, Oregon; 24 years old; married 6 months; own business with my father importing power transmission products. I love doing artwork on the computer. I played college baseball for College of the Siskiyous and Wester Oregon University. I have been collecting for little over a year. I only collect Denver Broncos, U. of Wyoming, OSU Beavers, BYU cougars, Montana Grizzlies, autographed minis and customs. I have every Broncos Starting Lineup ever made except Brian Greise (because I can't stand him). Other Hobbies, include off-roading, baseball, old fart football.
My Websites:
Salem Oregon Pirates MABL Baseball Team
http://www.geocities.com/salempirates/index (still under construction)
http://www.geocities.com/dacoada/index (my Dakota 4x4 site)

My name is Brian Copeland. I am 30 years old. I have been married for almost 6 years. I have two boys, Jacob is 4 and Graeme is 3 months. I have my own contracting company in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I live approximately a 15 minute walk from Ivor Wynne stadium where my beloved Tiger Cats play and I am a faithful season ticket holder. Outside of work and family, football is my biggest passion! My collection of minis include, all the CFL teams, most of the NFL teams, all the XFL teams (actually those are in the mail right now) a couple of signed college and CFL minis. I also have replicas of all the teams I have played for. I also have with those helmets, several game balls from games I have played in including a 5 touchdown game, my first semi pro touchdown and my first NCAA carry. I played football for 17 years until my first son was born 4 years ago. I played Minor football, High school, Canadian Junior league, Canadian University, Canadian Semi pro and NCAA. I never played pro but have had numerous invitations to do so. I have beside my collection several framed invitations to camps and such. My favorite being an invitation to the camp for the LA Extreme in the now defunct XFL. As you can tell, I LOVE FOOTBALL!

I'm Bill Dalmagro. I'm 31 years old. I have been married 8 years to my wife, Beth. We have 2 kids, Anthony (3) and Alyssa (3 months). I am a Pharmacist at Express Pharmacy Services in Pittsburgh,PA. We do mail-order prescriptions. I collect small college minis (D2, D3, and NAIA). I have over 150 minis. I graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1993. I drive a 1998 Dodge Ram 4x4. Go Polar Bears!! Go Steelers!!

I'm Cliff Cole. I'm 40 years old (as of 1/21) and have a beautiful wife and 2 wonderful boys, ages 2 1/2 and 6 months old. I am an elementary school principal about 35 miles northwest of Atlanta. I have been collecting since the early 90's. At one point I sold most of my minis, but now have over 200. I now only collected autographed minis with a focus on Heisman Winners and Quartebacks. I have separate minis autographed by all the living Heisman Winners as well as a few deceased winners. I enjoy collecting autographs, Nascar and my family.

Greetings, I am Barry Dowdy. I am 46 and have been married 23 years. My wife and I have a 5-year daughter, who believe it or not, loves helmets. I am an IT consultant specializing in IT integration and e-commerce applications. I have about 140 minis, but I have decided to revert to my roots and collect only full size helmets (collected my first full size game worn in 1978). I love the minor leagues-Arena, AF2, WFL, USFL along with Southeast based colleges. I have a website dedicated to sports media guide and game program collectors. Also collect sports pocket skeds, tix, brochures, casino chips and such, brewery items. Like my wife says, I collect everything but dust.

I am Marc Francis, married and 34. My wife, Cheryl to whom I've been married to for 11 years, is very understanding of my addiction to minis. I have two kids, Ben age 10, and Emmy age 6, who both think my helmet collection is a bit odd. I am a videotape editor at Turner Studios, editing commercials and promos for TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network and the NBA on TNT/TBS. So I live in a sports-deficient town, Atlanta. I am not a Falcons, Hawks or Braves fan, but I do get tickets to all of their games from Turner. However, I am a HUGE Thrashers hockey fan. I am a graduate of Western KY University (Class of 1990) where I did play linebacker and fullback for one season before a knee injury. My mini collection is about 80 right now, mostly NFL current and TB's. I have a handful of NCAA minis and a full set of WFAL, XFL and NFLE. I love being in the club and love to know a bit more about all of you.

I am Bart Freidenberg...age 40...single...Columbus, OH...Ohio State Grad (1982)...Currently am involved in sports promotion, mainly as tournament founder/chairman of the Ohio Tournament of Champions - the largest one day amateur wrestling tournament in the world (April 27-Columbus, OH-3200 entries). This year our awards will be custom mini helmets! Also coach middle school wrestling and travel with a group of all-star wrestlers (ages 12-15 and representing states from Ohio and east) each summer. This summer will mark the 20th year. While on tour last summer, we had Don Perkins, Raymond Berry and Randy Gradishar speak to us. Other speakers in the past have included: Archie Griffin, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Ronald Reagan, John Wooden, Bart Starr and Peter Vidmar (only wish I had been collecting minis back in those days). I have been collecting for about a year now and started when we raffled some signed ones off at our tournament last year. Have all Big 10, NFL current and TB's and a large collection of signed ones, of players from 1978 and before. Also collect all-time QB photos and have approximately 500, with about 75% of them signed. Also have a large autograph collection from my younger days (a lot of golfers) and a lot of items from child stars, as we bring some in each year for our tournament, to sign autographs for the wrestlers. I currently drive a 2000 Hyundai Elantra.

Brian Golden, 45, newspaper reporter and sportscaster, Lancaster Calif. Single (this job is a girlfriend/wifefamily killer). Penn State graduate, hosted Penn State football network Gameday 1978-79, public address announcer Beaver Stadium senior year in 1979, hosted UCLA Gameday on KMPC Los Angeles 1992-93, Host, Trojan Talk, USC radio network, 1995-97, halftime host, Pacific West Radio Sports Network 2001. I started collecting mini-helmets 1995. Collect NFL and College in all helmet styles (Schutt, Riddell and BIKE); total of about 600. Always have mini's with me when I go to cover games for my paper; have displayed mini's at Super Bowls, Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sun Bowl, Holiday Bowl and Alamo Bowl. Two years go in Atlanta at Super Bowl XXXIV, I had the Rams, Titans and Super Bowl XXXIV mini's, and an adjoining Kurt Warner shrine of the Amsterdam Admirals and Iowa Barnstormers in front of my spot in the media workroom in the Hyatt Regency, and a couple of TV stations did interviews about the mini's! See what I mean about us being blessed to be in the most remarkable hobby there is?

Dan Hart…43yrs. young, not married, 1 daughter yrs. young. I'm a die cut operator, union president, part time taxidermist (deer heads). i love bow hunting, fishing, golfing, riding my 1989 softtail, going to all sorts of racing events,(my brother races 360 winged sprint cars), playing pool is a passion and i've been known to down a few beers on occasion. i've only been collecting about 9 months now and have 24 ncaa-10 nfl and 1 usfl. oh yeah i have a piece of crap truck and car too!

My name is David Hart. I'm 52 and live in Orlando, Florida. I have been with Orange County Fire/Rescue for 21 years. In February and July, my son and I work for the Daytona International Speedway FD during the races. I have been married to the same great woman for 32 years in May and have 2 sons. My older son works for a large sprinkler company as a draftsman and my second son is also a firefighter for OCRFD. It looks like we are keeping fire suppression in the family. When it comes to collecting helmets, I have a variety of them. I first started collecting fire helmets in 1987 when I went to Norway and found my "roots". I have 37 fire helmets from Europe and the US. One of them is Canadian. I got my first mini in ' 97 when I bought my Dolphins Marino Autographed mini. OK, that gave me away, I'm a big Dolphins Fan. My mini collection consists of 141 NFL TBs, 9 proposed NFL logos that did not hit the playing field, 32 current NFL, a full set (31) of NFL 2000 Chrome minis and the 9-11 Memorial. I also have 6 full size Dolphins helmets. To round of the diversity of my helmet collection is my replica Japanese Samurai helmet and my Viking helmet. I enjoy fishing and camping (which has now turned into RVing) and my Granddaughter. My wife thinks I'm crazy because when I come in the house, I go straight to the computer (after giving her a kiss of course) to catch up with all the club E-Mail. I guess that is it for now. I would like to ask you to please have you and your loved ones were their seat belts. I have seen too many people die because they weren't. Take care until next time.

We are Alan (37) & Culise (38) Hill. We have been married for 10 years and have 1 girl and 1 boy. We started collecting autographs before we got married. We even included 3 extra days in our honeymoon for autographs at the super show. This is a hobby that we share and that makes it the most fun (doing the hobby together). We have more than 300 signed minis (including 15 from the Senior Bowl this last weekend which was part of our 10 year anniversary). We started by collecting autographs on 8x10s and Cards, until we found the SharCo mini helmet. We found these back in 1991-1992 timeframe. All our unsigned minis are just minis waiting on autographs.

Daniel Jones, 29, Married no kids, US. Marine stationed in Pittsburgh (I'll be in the color guard for the Game on Sunday, so everyone look for me on TV), moving to North Carolina in March. Collecting minis for 2 years. Collect any unique minis I can get my hands on. Other Hobbies include, art and my drums. Drive a 2001 Mazda Tribute.

Dennis Jones here in West Texas - 47 years old married two boys both in college. I have a BBA from Angelo State and work in a medical device mfg. plant. I have over 200 mini helmets and another 200 micro, gumball, pocket pros, ice cream cups etc. I have 75 to 100 decals waiting to go on helmets. Lately I'm collecting Texas team helmets (college and pro). I have 15 full size helmets five game-used. My youngest son plays football for Texas A&M (Stacy Jones #38), he is a Senior next year. Each year they get new helmets, I have is previous helmets. Also I have both boys high school helmets (Midland Lee) and mine from college. We attend all the games home (300 mile one way) and away. That's a full time hobby during football season. I also collect and customize Starting Lineup now McFarlane sport figures mainly football. My collection is open along with the helmets displayed in the spare bedroom. Also I collect football jersey, I have a set from the Big 12 and 30 other teams. As you can imagine I have a wonderful loving and understanding wife.

I'm Craig Kondrashoff, 48, born 1953, reborn 1994, live in Chula Vista CA (near San Diego). Of course the Chargers are my team through thick and thin, more thin I may say. Married to my high school sweetheart, Terri for 30 years. I have 3 Daughters Brandy 27, Kim 25, Tamara 22 and 3 Grandchildren Ray 7, Melanie 4 and Zane 2. We've lived in Augusta Ga. Hopkinsville Ky. Tacoma WA and Oahu Hi. All while I was in the Army. Now I work for Farmers Bros. Coffee company here in San Diego. My collection includes 100 game worn NFL jerseys, 4 game worn full size helmets and 260 autographed NFL minis. The minis are representations of the different styles each team has worn and autographed by someone that wore that style. The only minis I have duplicate styles are of the Chargers. The autographs were obtained either in person or through the mail. It's kinda gets your day going when a player calls and just wants to BS. My activities at the present time are somewhat limited (rehabbing a knee) but usually consist of Pop Warner and Little League coach for my Grandson and of course the Church.

Brian Kuti, 27, Minneapolis. Married 1.5 yr. no kids. Teacher in a Court Ordered School for non-profit org. Nebraska grad. Collecting for 2 years. Doing it very slowly. I am always looking for good deals. Collect Big XII, NU, NU Bowl opponents and teams from Nebraska, Minnesota, and South Dakota (IFL, NIFL, Arena 2, Omaha and South Dakota Colleges), as well as colleges of relatives and friends. I have 15.

My name is Joe Lorenz. I will be 40 years old in a scant few weeks (02/13-My wife is "allowing" me to go to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the first time, with my brother and some friends as a birthday present). I live in Tonawanda, New York, a suburb north of Buffalo, New York (I see there are some local boys in this group-another good thing about your idea Eric. I did not know there were any, save for one-I am looking forward to getting to know you guys) As stated above, I am married 12 years to an awesome lady (Patty) and have two wonderful daughters, Lisa (9) and Jocelyn (5), who take up all of my time and make me proud to be their daddy. As for me....I am a Senior Patrol Agent for the US Border Patrol, the uniformed law enforcement branch of the INS (we patrol the country's border areas, by automobile, boat, helicopter, planes and foot, arresting illegal aliens, dope smugglers/people smugglers and just about any other non law abiding sort-so if you want someone deported, I'd be the guy to look for!! Lol!) I have been "patrolling" for 15 years now. My permanent duty station is Niagara Falls, New York of the Buffalo Sector, but I started in San Ysidro, CA (Near San Diego, CA - All of us have to start on the Mexican border) and I finally made it back "home" to Buffalo after a couple of years, with a wife in tow (She being from San Diego moving to Buffalo-it must have been love!! Lol) In addition to working in the Buffalo Sector area of operations for 12 years now, I have been detailed to damn near every border town on the southwest border, from Texas to Cal, Miami, Fl and many places in between and up north in my career. I could tell you a lot, but I'll just say that it is an interesting job, unlike any other law enforcement job in the world as we are quasi cop, quasi military, hated by many, loved by few....but it provides handsomely for my family, pays the bills and allows me to buy some mini helmets!! In fact, I would love to make a fantasy US Border Patrol mini helmet, if anyone could help me out, as I've never made a mini yet. I have been collecting since 97 and have collected all the NFL Riddell Micro Minis, save for current Rams, Giants and Texans (If anyone can help-let me know), I have all of the NFL Pocket Pros save for the same teams just listed, and a multitude of gumballs of all sorts. I also am the proud owner of a "9/11 Memorial Mini" (courtesy of Len Dawson) and a Tonawanda High School Warrior mini, where I played so many years ago (courtesy of the Stephen Jesse/Andy Ussery college bowl tourney that I lucked out and won). My interests/hobbies/passions besides my wife and daughters are weight lifting/running, football of any type-pro, college, high school, sand lot, the long lost art of DROP KICKING FOOTBALLS (have you ever done that Scotty B., as you are a kicker?) football history, military history, esp. WWII, participating in any sport, coaching any sport and drinking beer! I have a really cool black and white cat named Bootsy and I drive either an 02 Ford Escape or a 93 Dodge Caravan. The teams I live and die with are (who else?) Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Destroyers, Buffalo Sabres, Notre Dame, St Bonaventure, Tonawanda Warriors and any team my girls are on. Last but not least, I really enjoy this hobby and this club. If I can ever help any of you out please don't hesitate.

My name is Gary Lukasik, and it looks like I'm the senior member of this wonderful group of helmet addicted junkies, unless there is someone older out there! I'm 55 but really only feel like I'm 54, married with children 3 boys, two still in college (DePaul University in Chicago & Western Michigan in Kazoo my eldest graduated from Michigan State). I grew up in the "Murder City" following the Detroit Lions, I still follow them but they never take me anywhere except to a state of depression. Now, my home town is Portage Michigan. I'm a licensed builder and run a condo association. Play keyboard in a little weekend band that supports my "mini habit". I've been in these clubs from the beginning and with the help of Dave Dech, Steven Jesse, Mike Dascani, Ken Leitiza, Rich Coe and many members of these groups my collection has grown. (Actually you can view my collection on both the Minihelmet Collector and Rich Coe's VHM sight). You know, if it wasn't for the daggers that shoot out my wife's eye sockets every time a package arrives on the doorstep this would be the absolute perfect way to spend my kids inheritance. Tip for the club -- "cut out the bitchin" - "life's to short". On the whole I've never been involved with any other type of group that helps one another as much as this one does. There are a whole bunch of good people in these clubs. Keep up the great work on the website! I'll be thinking of yoooze while driving my black 2001 Ford F-150 & listening to my Nsync CD's (yeah, you read it right Nsync!) Thanks.

John Meadors, 38 years oooold! Married 8 yrs., no kids (5 dogs!). I'm a salesman for a paper company in S. Georgia. Fanatical FSU fan!! I've only been collecting since Christmas, but I already have 21 minis! Other hobbies are off-road motorcycling (too old and injured for mx anymore), tennis, model building, FSU games, and the occasional Falcons and Jags game. Things to do this year- Get a PS2, and NFL Sunday ticket!!!!

Dave McQueen here, of Lago Vista, TX, in the hill country just outside of Austin. 1984 graduate of UT Austin (are there no other Longhorns fans besides me?). I'm 43, married to Mary for 13-1/2 great years, with 4 stepkids (Amanda, 22; Danielle 21; Richard 20; Barry 18). One of those families where everyone has a different last name. My pride and joy is grandson Dylan (almost 3), who loves (I like to think) mini helmets as much as I do. Both girls (divorced) live with us, as does Dylan. Barry was 4 when we married, so I'm experiencing what it's like to have a real little one around the house. I'm a self-employed accessibility consultant, and provide plan review and inspection services as required by the State of TX for handicapped accessibility, so I get to do quite a bit of travelling around the state, but don't have much time for anything else, except for travelling, computers, and electronic gizmos (I bought myself an HP Jornada 567 PDA for Christmas). Mary's retired from hard labor as a waitress since 1999. I only have 6 mini's right now, with #7 on the way, including one auto'd by Troy Aikman. I'm concentrating on Authentic NFL current and TB's for now, and have learned how to replace replica facemasks with Authentikits. Eventually I plan to have a full-size Pro-Line collection of pro & college team favorites, especially from Texas (No A&M Aggies in MY house!), and auto'd mini's from HOF and favorites, esp. QB's. Why anyone would care, I don't know, but I drive a 1999 Chevy Malibu with over 135,000 miles on it. By the way, I replied to Bill Dalmagro's bio because when I went to UT football games ('77 - '84), they would always give the football scores of Slippery Rock University. Pretty wild to have 75,000 - 80,000 people cheering for SRU at one time! Favorite pro teams are Rams (from my early years in Southern CA, mid 60's) and Cowboys; I was a big Dolphins fan during the Don Shula Super Bowl years (70's), but not in the last 20 yrs. for some reason. I've always been interested in helmets, though, especially of some teams that I have NEVER liked, like the Patriots and Redskins (that's pretty strange to me). I really enjoy the club, and look forward to doing this hobby as time and $$$ permit me. I'm very active in my church as a deacon and member of the Board of Trustees. I gave my life to Christ on Super Bowl Sunday, 01/26/86, and think Kurt Warner is pretty inspirational in his public faith, even going as far as to inscribe "Matt. 6:33" on a helmet I saw on eBay. GO RAMS!!!

Hi! Dennis Morrell, Ballwin, Missouri (a suburb of St. Louis). married over 4 years and our first child expected on St. Patrick's Day (March 17th for those who are of non-Irish decent). Work for the Eastman Kodak company as District Manager of their on-site processing division within Target stores. I collect signed NFL and AFL minis and have nearly 240 in my collection.

Clay Ratliff…36yrs old. single and live in Burleson, Texas. Just starting to get into this. Am starting by recreating all of my old high schools helmets back to 1959. I am a standup comedian. Go to my website and buy a freakin t-shirt to help support my new hobby. www.clayratliff.com Am already getting some great pointers from the club.

My name is Bret Shane. I'm 37 and live in Monticello, Indiana. I'm married to my high school sweetheart Monica. We have been married for almost 14 years and together for over 20. We have 3 sons, ages 10, 7, and 4. All 3 are sports nuts like dad and think mini helmets are the coolest. I'm a maintenance tech for a local manufacturing company. High school letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. I played NAIA basketball at Huntington College in Indiana. I've been collecting mini's for 2 years now. My collection has about 100 helmets. I collect NFL, NFLE, USFL, CFL-USA, WFL, WLAF and a few select NCAA. I have a Schutt collection of the Big Ten, Notre Dame, and Ball State. I also have a collection of 22 Action racing helmets. The WLAF's are my favorites, even the wife likes them. I have made mini's of the local high school and my son's elementary school. My old high school is my next project, hopefully in time for my 20 year reunion. Even though I love mini's, being from Indiana, basketball is my life passion. I'm a fan of all the D-1 teams in Indiana. Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Ball State, Butler, Evansville, Indiana State. The whole family is Indiana Pacer crazy. We make a couple visits to Conseco Fieldhouse each year. I'd just like to thank you all for making me the passionate mini helmet collector I am today. I can talk Joe Public's ear off about this hobby. This is because of all of you who have helped me learn so much about this hobby.

My name is Chuck Smith and I am 51 years old. My wife, Teddie, and I have been married for 25 years and have two daughters, ages 21 and 17. I graduated from Va. Tech way back in 1973, majoring in having a great time and getting a degree (actually History and Pol Sci). I am a native Virginian but I presently live in southwestern Pennsylvania (near Uniontown). I have worked for the National Park Service for 27 years but I am presently on loan to the State of Pennsylvania as the site administrator of two historical sites, Fort Pitt Museum (in downtown Pittsburgh) and Bushy Run Battlefield (Pontiac's Rebellion). I started collecting mini helmets about 2 years ago with the main part of my collection being NCAA Division I-A and NFL HOF autographed. I have really appreciated the contacts I have made in the club and although I have collected a few decals I am still a virgin when it come to making my first helmet (I am waiting for that special helmet!). As far as hobbies I enjoy trying to survive in a house with three women (we actually got a male cat but they had him fixed so I know to be careful), I am sort of a Civil War nut, and I collect lapel pins. I usually drive my '84 Toyota. And last but not least Go Steelers!!

My name is Andrew Stelmach and I am 33 years of age and have been married for 3 years with a 10-week old daughter. I live in Hamilton Ontario Canada and I work as an IT hardware and software support technician for Long Manufacturing. I have been collecting helmets for about 5 years (my wife got me started on it, so I have her to blame). I have 90 helmets (CFL, NFL, XFL, USFL), a mixture between authentic and replica. I drive a 2000 Mercury Cougar.

Charlton Wills, 37 years old, Married to Julie for seven years, no kids yet, but we hope to adopt this year. I live in Round Lake, IL., but originally from Chillicothe, OH. My wife and I both graduated from Ohio State, and are fanatical Buckeyes. I am VP of sales for Wyvern Aviation, which does safety auditing of the Private Aviation industry. We work with corporations and charter companies who fly a wide variety of corporate jets and helicopters. I collect college minis, I have around 200 now from all divisions. I am pretty much done with D1, and am concentrating on D2 and D3. I enjoy creating and buying decal projects. I am currently trying to get helmets (as of 3/03) of all colleges in Ohio who play any division of football. I have them all except four. I have a Cocker Spaniel and a very large cat. I drive a Chevy Tahoe and an Audi A4.

Bryan White, 42 years old (1/24/02). Married for 10 years, expecting twins in March or before.....I teach History and coach 6-Man football. www.pattonsprings.net. Graduated from Texas Tech, Masters from West Texas A&M University. I have been collecting for only a few years, mainly professional teams. I have complete sets of the NFL, AFL, WFL, XFL, CFL, CFL-USA. USFL...Some NCAA, mostly Texas Tech.