Early football players wore tight-fitting, all-purpose pants suitable for the gym or for other athletic activities, but as the game became power-oriented in the 1890s, they added quilted pads to the front of their pants.
Today's Tidbit... Disintegrating Football Pants
Today's Tidbit... Disintegrating Football…
Today's Tidbit... Disintegrating Football Pants
Early football players wore tight-fitting, all-purpose pants suitable for the gym or for other athletic activities, but as the game became power-oriented in the 1890s, they added quilted pads to the front of their pants.