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2. Football helmet - Wikipedia

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   A football helmet is a type of protective headgear used mainly in gridiron football, although a structural variation has occasional use in Australian rules football. It consists of a hard plastic shell with thick padding on the inside, a face mask made of one or more plastic-coated metal bars, and a chinstrap. Each position has a different type ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Protective equipment in gridiron football - Wikipedia

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   Protective equipment in gridiron football (" football gear ") consists of equipment worn by football players for the protection of the body during the course of a football game. Basic equipment worn by most football players include helmet, shoulder pads, gloves, shoes, and thigh and knee pads, a mouthguard, and a jockstrap or compression shorts ...

6. Penn State football helmets through the years - AOL

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   1962-1966: Back to the basics. AP Photo. After experimenting with the helmet numbers, Penn State went back to the more basic look in 1962 for the final years of the Rip Engle era. Penn State went ...

7. Early history of American football - Wikipedia

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   The Army-Navy game of 1893 saw the first documented use of a football helmet by a player in a game. Joseph M. Reeves had a crude leather helmet made by a shoemaker in Annapolis and wore it in the game after being warned by his doctor that he risked death if he continued to play football after suffering an earlier kick to the head. [58]