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As the forces of impacts increased, players began arming themselves. The 1890's saw the invention of the nose mask (1891), sew-on leather pads (mid-1890's), and the football helmet (1895).

CLEVELAND. Ohio — Today's football helmets provide no more protection from many on-field collisions, including some that could cause a concussion, than their leather predecessors did decades ago ...

Long gone are the days of the leather shell and single-bar face mask. Today’s football helmets are technological marvels, using cutting-edge materials and design elements to make the headgear ...

Frank Alvarado, boys athletic director and unofficial sports historian at Santa Ana High School, looked at the 1908 varsity football team, top photo at left, and tried to imagine a time that simple.

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.

Reactions looks into a football helmet and how chemistry helps keeps players safe. ... but the helmets of today are a far cry from the leather creations from decades ago. Aired 09/08/2015. From.

In the era of leather helmets, this Providence team climbed to the top of the NFL. ... New England's First NFL Team," exhumes that long-forgotten football team that, ...

An old Reach football helmet from the 1890s. (Leland.com) In the age of Schutt, Riddell and the Revolution Robot, we often forget what old-timey football helmets used to look like. Over at Lelands ...

Schutt Sports has been producing sporting goods for almost a century. However, only during the past decade has the company started to make its mark on football players with lighter helmets that ...