Roman Gabriel and the horns on the helmet hooked me into the Rams in 1971.
Same here ... except it was 1969 for me.
That's why I have always had an issue with any change to the helmet. Even the slight changes made in the past.
OK with logo changes, uniform changes and different colors. Just not the horns. Those horns are what hooked many of us as kids.
When the Rams moved to St. Louis, I called the PR Department and spoke to the Head PR guy (think his last name was Wallace). Never expected to get someone senior; and I apologized for troubling him. Said I had just one quick question; and, before I could ask it, he said 'You want to know if we are going to change the horns'.
I said "Yes" and he told me they were getting asked that question every day; and that while he could not say there would not be uniform and color changes in the future, the Organization would never change the horns.