In
1912, testing the ruggedness and protective features of a football helmet was a
fairly straightforward process:
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| 1912 helmet safety test |
Find
someone who knew how to simulate diving through the defensive line, strap the
helmet on him and do the test.
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| William "Pudge" Heffelfinger |
Football
already was starting to hit the big time in 1912. You might say that
professional football got
started on November 12, 1892, when the Allegheny Athletic
Association paid William “Pudge” Heffelfinger $500 under the table to help the
AAA team beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 (touchdowns were worth 4 points
at that time). Nobody worried too much about head or brain injuries back then.
The
thing that bothers me most about the safety test picture is that the three
safety consultants appear to be enjoying themselves a bit overmuch. Of course,
they didn’t have TV back then.
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