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2. History of the football helmet - Wikipedia

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   The first plastic football helmet came in 1940. It was invented and patented by John T. Riddell and his son John T. Riddell Jr., of the John T. Riddell Company in Chicago, a sporting goods provider. The single molded shell was stronger, lighter, longer-lasting, and did not rot the way leather does when damp. Colors could also be baked into the ...

3. Football helmet - Wikipedia

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   A football helmet is a type of protective headgear used mainly in gridiron football, although a structural variation has occasional use in Australian rules football. It consists of a hard plastic shell with thick padding on the inside, a face mask made of one or more plastic-coated metal bars, and a chinstrap. Each position has a different type ...

4. Winged football helmet - Wikipedia

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   The Georgetown Hoyas also used a winged helmet for several seasons during the 1930s and 1940s. [1] [2] Famed football coach Herbert "Fritz" Crisler is credited with popularizing the winged helmet nationwide. In 1935, while head coach at Princeton University, Crisler ordered stock helmets bearing leather wings out of the Spalding catalog.

5. Riddell launches Axiom, the latest helmet to combat ... - AOL

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   Riddell plans to sell its latest model at a team price of $650 per helmet, about $200 more than its current top model, the SpeedFlex. After undergoing tests with major college programs at Florida ...

6. Boiled leather - Wikipedia

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   It was commonly used in the Western world for helmets; the pickelhaube, the standard German helmet, was not replaced by a steel stahlhelm until 1916, in the midst of World War I. [9] As leather does not conduct heat the way metal does, firemen continued to use boiled leather helmets until World War II, and the invention of strong plastics. [10]

7. Riddell Sports Group - Wikipedia

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   Protective equipment ( helmets, shoulder pads, face masks) Apparel. Owner. BRG Sports. Website. riddell.com. Riddell Sports Group is an American company specializing in sports equipment for American football. It was headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois. [1] In 2017, the company relocated to a new facility in adjacent Des Plaines, Illinois.