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Jan 1, 1100
A "football" is made
a inflated cows bladder serves as a usable object for a violent taclking game played in England. -
Jan 1, 1100
football is outlawed
the football type game the english were playing became outlawed beacause of its violence and it causing deaths. -
Football resurfaces in England
in 1963 football resurfaces legally in England as a more soccer type game. it was banned before because of its violent nature and the deaths it caused -
Colonist football
in the 1800s colonists started playing football in America. This was one of the more closer relatives to the football we know today. except the inclusion of pads -
Weird numbers
Football was played with 15 people on the field. this was at the very start of the game.
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Football Starts
Football is started at Yale by Walter Camp. He then goes on to coach and play the sport. A little unfair?
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first football helmet makes apearence
the first football helmet made it's first appearence in a navy game in 1983, it was made of hard leather to provide minimum protection.
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The 1st noted pad is the nosegaurd
Edgar Allen Poe designs the 1st football pad, the nose gaurd. It was desined to protect the players nose from breaking or prevent other harm.
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George Barclay invents the helmet with straps
The college halfback feared cauliflower ear so he had a playing helmet made with heavy leather straps
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Light matierials for pads
In the early 1900s along with crude helmets and shoulder pads light matierials such as sweaters for padding pn their bodies -
Pads
in the early 1900s football pads starting being made of hard leather -
contracts
By the 1900s contracts between players and teams became common -
Major changes
In 1906 football went through major rule changes because it got threatened by the president to have it outlawed if not
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padding starts to get added
through the 20s-40s year by year moer padding got added into the flimsy leather helmets
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Helmets Become mandatory in football
it was not until the 1930s that helmets became mandatory for football games
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1st plastic helmet made
in 1939 John T Riddell invents the 1st plastic football helmets
http://www.livestrong.com/article/350920-the-history-of-plastic-football-helmets/ -
1st logo painted on a hemlet
in 1948 the 1st logo, the rams horns were painted on a football helmet
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Facemasks
During the 1950s facemasks started to become standard
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1960s-70s
during the 60s-70s pads went through a major evolution. Such as rib guards elbow guards neck guards etc.
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Specialized pads
During the 90s through 2000s specialized pads like lineman haviong harder plastic pads and quarterbacks wearing more manouverable pads
http://www.livestrong.com/article/363203-timeline-history-of-football-pads/
