![]() ![]() ![]() all changes that ultimately separated “football” from “rugby” and also created a need for protective equipment. This scenario was spurred along as the game of American football changed from the rugby-like game of the 19 th century to the game we know today a slow but steady change brought on by a series of rule modifications introduced by the likes of Walter Camp.Ĭamp’s revolutionary ideas included introducing the snap, instituting the three-down and five system (which led to the four-down and 10 system), modifying the field size, allowing tackling below the waist, mandating the number of players on the line of scrimmage, etc. The obvious reason for the helmet’s coming of age in football and its eventual technological transformation was and is injury prevention. ![]() It’s the 1890s before any consistent mention of head protection devices are found with at least a couple of sources claiming that the first in-game use of a “helmet” came during the 1893 edition of the Army Navy game in Annapolis. This means that there were no players wearing headgear when Princeton and Rutgers squared off for the first college football game in history in 1869. When “football” first began being played in the United States it was indeed called football, but it looked far more similar to the game of rugby that had been imported to collegiate fields from across the Atlantic from England. ![]()
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