One of the first Tidbits I posted featured the image of the 1910 Olivia (MN) High School team wearing an assortment of homemade shoulder pads on the exterior of their jerseys. I posted the image to tell part of the story of early shoulder pads and illustrate the limited budgets available for teams and individual players at the time.
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