About The Melonheads

The Melonheads are passionate football fans who really love their team “The Los Angeles Rams”. It all started back in 1983 at Anaheim Stadium when Lance Goldberg thought the fans were just a little too reserved. He figured by putting a watermelon on his head, he would show the other fans that it’s okay to get loose, have fun, yell and cheer very loud for your team. You can read more on the history of the Melonheads below.

The Melonheads are not a club or anything like that. We’re just a bunch of fun guys and gals who like to make people laugh and have a good time! Anyone can be a Melonhead; all that’s required is to wear a watermelon on your head two different times, at two different games and you’ll become an official Melonhead !!

The whole idea of the foam watermelon hat came about when the Rams came back to SoCal after 21 years in St Louis. We noticed the watermelon selection has changed since the days back at Anaheim Stadium. There are two basic kinds of watermelons…. 4031’s are the larger black seeded watermelons, and the 4032’s, are much more round and are seedless. Some of the original Melonhead members still prefer to wear very large watermelons . "Pat Miller" still holds the record at 53lbs. It’s currently very hard to find very large watermelons, and it’s extremely hard to find any large watermelons during the last months of the football season. As we all know, watermelons are a seasonal fruit. We tried thinking of ways to save our watermelons after they were carved out. We tried freezing them, varnishing them, and even burying them in the ground, but nothing seemed to work. Consequently, Lance Goldberg came up with the idea to make foam watermelons. The new foam watermelon hat allows the “Original Melonheads” to wear something large enough for them to be proud of !! And now, so can YOU !!

History of The Melonheads

A brief history of how The Melonheads came to be.

1983 - The Story Begins

Lance Goldberg buys tickets in the parking lot before every game. He sits way up high in the upper sections, trying to "pump up the crowd" by wearing a watermelon on his head !! A lonely existence.

The Orange County Register - 09/12/1988

1985 - The “MELON PATCH” is Born

Lance, David Stanley (Max's dad), and Dave Nelson purchase season seats next to the tunnel so they can be close to the players running onto the field so they can "pump up the players" AND "pump up the crowd" simultaneously!! Lance is no longer a one-man band. The MELON PATCH is born !!

The Los Angeles Herald Examiner – 10/17/1988

1986-1994 The Melonheads Become a Media Darling

The MELON PATCH expands it’s numbers and establishes itself as fan favorites of the team, players and the media.

The Orange County Register - 09/12/1988

1995 - Heartbreak Requires Roadtrip to St. Louis

Georgia Frontiere provides Lance with R/T plane tickets to STL, a Hotel Suite, 10 Game Tickets, And spending money to Ozzie Smith’s Sports Bar. AND, The Melonheads were invited down on to the field as Guests of Honor for the first ever game at Busch Stadium! They attended several games in St. Louis during the Rams tenure there !!