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2. Eyeshield - Wikipedia

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   An eyeshield, also referred to as a visor, is a piece of gridiron football equipment that was invented in the 1980s. [2] In the mid 1990s, as an effort to prevent brain and head injuries, headgear became mandatory in the game of football. [3] The eyeshield was created to protect the eyes of football players during games and practices.

3. 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.

4. Protective equipment in gridiron football - Wikipedia

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   A recent addition to the football helmet is a visor or eye shield, traditionally used to protect players from eye injuries or glare. Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon was the first to wear a visor/shield. The visors started out as clear or smoked, but now come in colors ranging from blue, gold, black, rainbow, silver, or amber.

5. Face mask (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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   Face masks first came into vogue in football during the second half of the 1950s, after the hard-shell plastic helmet became commonplace, and were adopted voluntarily and universally at all levels of gridiron football within one decade. Garo Yepremian was the last NFL player to not wear a face mask, only adopting one partway through the 1966 ...

6. Protective gear in sports - Wikipedia

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   football helmet; eyeshield; rib protector; shoulder pads; jockstrap with or without a cup pocket and protective cup; hip, tail, thigh, knee pads; mouthguard; Gloves : Gloves [2] can help a receiver keep his hands more warm and protected in poor weather. cleats/shoes

7. When was the first NFL Thanksgiving game? History of ... - AOL

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   The site would be the University of Detroit Stadium with 26,000 people in attendance, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's believed that more people would've attended if the stadium ...