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2. Eyeshield - Wikipedia

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   The eyeshield was created to protect the eyes of football players during games and practices. It is a curved piece of plastic that attaches to the front of a football helmet. Safety equipment such as the facemask, eyeshields, and other face shields have been adopted over time to prevent player injury.

3. Football helmet - Wikipedia

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   A more recent addition to the football helmet is the visor or eye shield, which is affixed to the face mask to protect players from glare or eye injuries, such as pokes. It is believed that the first player to use a protective visor was Mark Mullaney of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings in 1984, in order to protect a healing eye injury.

4. Protective equipment in gridiron football - Wikipedia

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   Football nose armor as depicted in The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) of December 4, 1892. In the days before helmets, players often wore nose guards or "nose masks" or "nose armor". [9] Football was a brutal sport before the introduction of helmets and other protective gear. Serious injuries and even deaths were common occurrences in the game.

5. Face mask (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   A player holding his helmet by the face mask A lineman whose face mask has horizontal and vertical bars A face mask penalty. In gridiron football, the face mask is the part of the helmet that directly covers the face. It is a major source of protection for the players, made of metal covered either with a rubber or plastic coating.

6. Will Guardian Caps solve football's concussion problem? The ...

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   The Guardian Cap was created by Erin and Lee Hanson in 2010 in an attempt to tweak the design of the football helmet and protect players from head injuries.

7. Eye protection - Wikipedia

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   Eyeshield is a piece of football equipment which attaches to a player's helmet to protect the eyes from impact. Fighter pilot helmet includes a visor for protection from the sun and from wind blast in case of an ejection from the aircraft.