Old-fashioned "leatherhead" football helmets from the early 1900s are often as effective as – and sometimes better than – modern football helmets at protecting against injuries during routine ...

Today’s football helmets have come a long way in the past seven decades. Let’s take a look at their form and function. A 1948 Rams helmet was bought at auction by SCP Auctions in January 2017 ...

Helmet football helmet helmet, football Physical Description cotton (lining material) paint (overall material) leather (overall material) Measurements overall: 9 in x 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; ...

Recent testing shows that, contrary to prior findings, new plastic helmets reduce the risk of concussions by 45 to 96 percent. Image via Journal of Neurosurgery, Rowson et. al. In the past century ...

MORE: Study Ranks 10 Football Helmets for Concussion Safety. This data was input into a software program that estimates risk of brain contusions, acute subdural hematoma (bleeding on the surface ...

To extend his football career, he wore a leather helmet. The first plastic helmet—the precursor to every modern football helmet—was made by John T. Riddell in 1939; the company he founded ...

VIP areas shaped like old-timey football helmets, baseball mitt-inspired banquettes and chandeliers that look like basketball nets are just some of the features of the new establishment's motif.

If life gives you a Leather Helmet, let it inspire you. Gary Wayne Smith is a 1958 graduate of Ray High School and is also in the Ray High School Hall of Fame. Smith currently lives in Houston.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — How do you compare a 5-foot-8 player from the leather helmet era who inspired the building of Ohio Stadium to a modern quarterback with eye-popping statistics and NFL success?