Today's Tidbit... Rawlings Safe-T-Vue Face Protectors
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A friend sent a nice picture of an early Rawlings Safe-T-Vue Face Protector, so I am sharing the image and some background information. (Earlier posts on the evolution of helmets and face masks are linked below.) All or most football headgear was leather from the 1890s through the 1940s. Plastic helmets appeared on football fields in 1940, but shortages of plastics for civilian use during WWII delayed their widespread use.
Today's Tidbit... Rawlings Safe-T-Vue Face Protectors
Today's Tidbit... Rawlings Safe-T-Vue Face…
Today's Tidbit... Rawlings Safe-T-Vue Face Protectors
A friend sent a nice picture of an early Rawlings Safe-T-Vue Face Protector, so I am sharing the image and some background information. (Earlier posts on the evolution of helmets and face masks are linked below.) All or most football headgear was leather from the 1890s through the 1940s. Plastic helmets appeared on football fields in 1940, but shortages of plastics for civilian use during WWII delayed their widespread use.