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The man largely credited with inventing the first helmet was George Barclay. [2] In 1896 he designed a headgear which soon became known as a "head harness". It had three thick leather straps forming a close fit around his head, made by a harness maker.
There are a few different stories about the invention of the football helmet but the earliest and the most frequently told dates back to they Army-Navy game of 1893.
Barclay invented the first football helmet when the "threat of cultivating cauliflower ears" led him to have an Easton saddlemaker piece together three thick leather straps around his head during the 1894 football season.
George "Rose" Barclay, left, holds football's first helmet in his lap during an 1894 Lafayette College team photo.
An Annapolis shoemaker created the first helmet for Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves, who had been advised by a Navy doctor that he would be risking death or “instant insanity” if he took another kick to the head.
One person credited with being the first to debut some archaic form of football helmet was Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves (via Smithsonian). Reeves served during World War I but is best known in military history circles for what he did after the war.
First appeared around the late 1890's. When it comes to American Football helmets, there is some argument among historians as to "who" invented the first football protective gear.
The first football helmets were made of leather and provided minimal protection. Plastic helmets were introduced in the 1950s, offering better durability and protection. Face masks became a standard feature of football helmets in the 1970s.
Barclay was credited with inventing the first-ever football helmet in 1894, with the intention that it would prevent cauliflower ears. The helmet was constructed by a saddle-maker from nearby Easton with strips of leather harness padding.
After a physically brutal period, Joseph M Reeveswent to a local shoemaker and had him fashion a moleskin hat with earflaps, and that’s what would become the first helmet in football history.