Almost two years ago, I wrote about football’s first helmet logos adorning the noggins of the boys playing for UChicago in 1921 and 1922. As shown in the linked article, Chicago positioned their logo on the back of the helmet, likely to help passers differentiate friend from foe as the receivers ran downfield.
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