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2. 1948 NFL season - Wikipedia

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   The 1948 NFL season was the 29th regular season of the National Football League.During the season, Halfback Fred Gehrke painted horns on the Los Angeles Rams' helmets, making the first modern helmet emblem in pro football. [1]

3. Fred Gehrke - Wikipedia

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   He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Cardinals from 1940 through 1950. To boost team morale, Gehrke designed and painted the Los Angeles Rams logo in 1948, which was the first painted on the helmets of an NFL team. [2]

4. 1948 Los Angeles Rams season - Wikipedia

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   The 1948 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 11th year with the National Football League and the third season in Los Angeles. The Rams debuted the first helmet logo in league history in 1948, an idea that was conceived by running back Fred Gehrke. The season opener against the Lions was the final Wednesday night game in the NFL until a 2012 ...

5. Football helmet - Wikipedia

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   The NFL initially allowed either plastic or leather helmets, but in 1948 the league outlawed the plastic helmet, considering the hard-plastic material to be an injury risk. The NFL lifted the plastic helmet ban after just one year in 1949, and by 1950, the plastic helmet had become universal in that league. [4]

6. Why do these NFL players wear ‘old-style’ helmets?

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   Why some NFL helmets may look different this season Among the models limited to certain players is the Schutt Air XP Pro Q11 LTD — the helmet Rodgers , Morstead , Folk , and Flacco are said to wear.

7. History of the football helmet - Wikipedia

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   The helmets of the University of Michigan Wolverines bear logos that follow the original seams of the winged leather helmets. Professional team logos started in 1948 when Fred Gehrke, a halfback for the Los Angeles Rams, began painting a horn design on all of the Rams' helmets.

8. As NFL touts new helmet safety, there still is no answer why ...

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   The game was the fourth-coldest in NFL history with a temperature of minus-4 at kickoff with a wind chill factor of minus-27. Mahomes said following the win that the helmet did its job in ...

9. What’s a Guardian Cap and Why Are NFL Players Wearing ... - AOL

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   Related: NFL Sportscaster and Former Player Irv Cross Had Stage 4 CTE, New Findings Show But while the helmets can help cushion the head, they don’t protect the neck, neurosurgeon and president ...