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2. Mark Mullaney - Wikipedia

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   He played in 12 NFL seasons from 1975 to 1987 for the Vikings and is 9th on the Vikings all-time sack list with 45½ sacks. [2] Mullaney also had 597 tackles and 13 forced fumbles [ 2 ] Mullaney also holds a place in NFL history as the first NFL Player to wear a helmet shield visor on his face mask, after suffering an eye injury in 1984.

3. 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.

4. Why do these NFL players wear ‘old-style’ helmets?

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   Unlike their pants and other parts of their uniforms, NFL players do get to choose which helmet they wear — as long as it meets guidelines set by the league. In April, the NFL, in partnership ...

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. What’s a Guardian Cap and Why Are NFL Players Wearing ... - AOL

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   For the first time during the regular season, NFL players are allowed to wear a special accessory over their helmets called a Guardian Cap. It's foam covering meant to limit their risk of concussions.

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

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   This season for the first time, the NFL allowed players the option to wear the guardian caps during games. Not many players took the league up on the offer but one star did: Indianapolis Colts ...

8. Elroy Hirsch - Wikipedia

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   During the 1949 season, Hirsch also became one of the first NFL players to wear a plastic helmet. [47] After Hirsch sustained a second head injury (having previously suffered a skull fracture in 1948), Rams coach Shaughnessy had a special, 11-ounce helmet designed for Hirsch, using a strong, light plastic that had been used previously in the ...

9. NFL, NFLPA enforcing rule that players must wear safe helmets

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   Brady and 31 other players must find new, safer helmets.