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November 18th, 2011 The History of Helmet Stickers  Also known
as pride stickers and reward decals, helmet stickers have become
an important tradition in the world of college football. In a
sport that centers on team accomplishments, top programs like
Stanford, Ohio State and Florida State have all used helmet
stickers to reward individual achievements.  Ohio State is the
most notorious for using helmet stickers, but few people know
they were not the first to use the reward system. Ohio’s Miami
University used stickers as early as 1965 thanks to Jim Young,
the team’s assistant at the time. Young, who was a fighter pilot
in World War II, based the idea off of planes using stickers to
mark their kills. Each university awards decals for different
reasons. Most teams use helmet stickers to stand for specific
actions like touchdowns, rushing yards and interceptions. Others
award them for successes that cannot be measured by statistics,
like hard work