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2. Guardian Cap - Wikipedia

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   Guardian Cap. Guardian Cap is a line of soft-shell pads that attach to and cover the outside of a gridiron football or ice hockey helmet. They have been used in football practices since 2015, with the National Football League (NFL) first mandating their use for some position groups since 2022. After expanding this mandate to further position ...

3. 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". [5] 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.

4. 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. “The Guardian Cap addresses the ...

5. History of the football helmet - Wikipedia

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   The first plastic football helmet came in 1940. It was invented and patented by John T. Riddell and his son John T. Riddell Jr., of the John T. Riddell Company in Chicago, a sporting goods provider. The single molded shell was stronger, lighter, longer-lasting, and did not rot the way leather does when damp. Colors could also be baked into the ...

6. Jonathan Taylor among the few NFL players to wear the ... - AOL

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   It's a huge pad that goes over the regular football helmet, and it is designed to prevent concussions. This season for the first time, the NFL allowed players the option to wear the guardian caps ...

7. NFL to allow players to wear protective soft-shell helmet ...

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   The NFL announced Friday it will allow players to wear protective soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps during games next season if they choose. Defensive backs and receivers have joined ...