Today's Tidbit... The Last Heisman Winner without a Face Mask
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Jay Berwanger, the first Heisman Trophy winner in 1936, broke his nose in high school, so he wore a face mask his entire career at the University of Chicago. But, of course, he was an earlier adopter who fit the pattern: most who wore face masks before the 1950s wore them to protect an injury, not to prevent one.
Today's Tidbit... The Last Heisman Winner…
Jay Berwanger, the first Heisman Trophy winner in 1936, broke his nose in high school, so he wore a face mask his entire career at the University of Chicago. But, of course, he was an earlier adopter who fit the pattern: most who wore face masks before the 1950s wore them to protect an injury, not to prevent one.