What year did plastic helmets and good padding come into the NFL?

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What year did plastic helmets and good padding come into the NFL?

2006-11-25 12:59:47 · 3 answers · asked by Megan 1 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports

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I would guess around 1920 or something...or atleast thats probably when they stopped using leather helmets...im not sure about the plastics though.

2006-11-25 13:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by imsmartkid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Gerry E. Morgan and other employees of the John T. Riddell Company in Chicago, manufacturers of sporting goods, invented and patented a plastic football helmet in 1939. It was a single molded shell. It was stronger, more durable, and lighter than leather helmets, and it wouldn't rot or mildew the way they did when damp. It had a revolutionary web suspension inside it.

2006-11-25 21:06:27 · answer #2 · answered by KL15 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

NFL history .com

2006-11-25 21:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by Fergie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋