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Today's Tidbit... Things Are Not Always As They Seem

Timothy P. Brown
May 11, 2022
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The image of W. T. Warren crashing into the side of a building is often attributed to his testing a football helmet, but it just ain't so. The article below tells the truth about Mr. Taylor and another oddball who found new methods for testing helmets and protective cups.

Football Archaeology
Early Testing of Helmets and Protective Cups
Every so often, an image circulates the internet showing a man wearing a helmet as he flies headfirst into a wall. The picture, which appears to be from the first decades of the 20th Century, is purportedly a test of a football helmet's efficacy. But as Phaedrus, the 1st century Roman poet, noted, "Things are not always as they seem…
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