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Sports Dispatch's avatar

Excellent piece of player safety equipment history and evolution!

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Football Archaeology's avatar

Correct. The NCAA required helmets in 1939 and, oddly, face masks were not required until 1993.

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Jon Crowley's avatar

Is it true, Timothy, that helmets weren’t required equipment in college football until 1939?

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