Helmet History
Two-Tone and Split Jersey Numbers
It may be surprising to feature Cal Tech two days in a row, but they deserve the recognition for exploring player equipment possibilities unlike anyone else. The eyeglass shields discussed in yesterday’s story offered a vision of football’s future, even if no one else paid attention. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P Brown takes us back to Cal Tech and their innovation of split and two-tone colored jersey numbers
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