To wear a red helmet, the 49ers had to get permission in July 2021, so if that didn't happen, they wouldn't be allowed to wear an alternate helmet until 2023.

In 2022, the league will allow teams to wear an alternative helmet as well. The 49ers could take advantage of the two-helmet rule for the 2022 season with a helmet worn by the team more than 60 years ...

In 2010, a friend gave Jones’ 5-year-old son Bodhi a Christmas gift: a signed Montana 49ers helmet he had bought at a memorabilia sale at the 1993 Super Bowl in Pasadena between Dallas and Buffalo.

The San Francisco 49ers' gold helmet is iconic, and shouldn't be messed with even with the NFL's relaxed rules on helmet color.

The San Francisco 49ers are set to honor 49ers great Joe "The Jet" Perry, who passed away earlier this year, throughout the 2011 National Football League season with a football-shaped helmet decal ...

49ers' Hill lost helmet, gained respect ...

Dwight Clark, who died after a battle with ALS, will have his 49ers legacy remembered with a helmet decal as well as a statue outside of Levi's Stadium.

The 49ers' new alternate uniform, which is heavy on black and light on the team's trademark (and trendy) gold, is a fashion fail, Paul Lukas writes.