It didn't take long for people to figure out that football was dangerous. From close to the beginning of American football, innovations in helmets were associated with the risk of devastating head ...

Leather helmets like this one were discovered by Mike Proffitt one day in the old Cocke County High School locker room in ...

Today’s high tech football kit may be magnitudes more protective than the bits of molded cow skin you see here but they’re not nearly as intimidating. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 early ...

The Green Bay Packers introduced a first of its kind at the NFL level on Thursday: a hand-painted, leather replica helmet. The team revealed a 1923-inspired throwback uniform set on Thursday, with the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Leather football helmet once painted ...