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2. Shin guard - Wikipedia

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   Today, there are a two basic types of shin guards used in association football: slip-in shin guards and ankle shin guards. [13] In baseball, one of the innovators of the modern shin guard, New York Giants catcher Roger Bresnahan, began wearing shin guards in 1907. [14] Made of leather, the guards were fastened with straps and hooks. [14]

3. Greave - Wikipedia

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   The earliest form consisted of three plates of metal covering the shin. [8] By the Kamakura period (1186–1333), greaves became a standard part of Japanese armor. Around the Muromachi period (1334–1572), these took on the form of a splint mounted on a piece of fabric with mail in between the metal splint and fabric, not unlike European greaves.

4. Sangu (armour) - Wikipedia

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   The plates were usually attached to a cloth backing which had cloth straps that were used to tie the suneate to the lower leg. There is usually a leather guard abumi-zure attached to the inner side of the place that will come into contact with the stirrup when riding. The more ancient examples of these shin-guards are seen as plates, often with ...

5. Ice hockey equipment - Wikipedia

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   Shin guards – Incorporating a kneepad as well, the shin guard has a hard plastic shell on the front and outside to protect against pucks, but usually has little or no protection on the calf. Shin guards help protect the knee joint and the frontal bones of the leg from pucks, sticks, skates, falls and other impacts. However, it is essential to ...

6. Protective gear in sports - Wikipedia

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   Shin guards; Mouthguard; Helmet; Shoulder pads; Elbow pads; Jock (males) or jill (females) Ice pants or protective girdle; Neck guard; Gloves; Specialized protective equipment for goalkeepers (Mask, pants, chest protector, leg pads, skates with toe protection, blocker, catcher, hockey jock or jill) [3]

7. Manica (armguard) - Wikipedia

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   [7] [8] Fragments of the upper cuisse (thigh-guard) of an iron manica for the leg have been found in the excavations at Gamla, dated to the second half of the 1st century BCE. Certainly by the siege of Gamla in 67 CE, it was already in Roman use where a complete spaulder (shoulder guard) for a manica was found in the panoply of L. Magus. [9]