Why did they wear leather helmets in the early days of football?
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Visit this web page where there are pictures of old time players in the first turn of the century helmets and a great history who and why the leather helmet began and was used from 1903 - 1951

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Visit the Past Time Sports web site and there is a great section on "The History of the Football Helmet" see it at http://pasttimesports.biz

It gives historical information about the development and evolution of the old time leather football helmet from the harness helmet to the flat top helmet, beehive helmet and Dog ear helmet this is a comprehensive , well researched site that also shows pictures and has leather football helmet replicas for sale.

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