Leather helmets were used from the 1900's through the 1940's. The first plastic helmets were in the 1950's-60's.
I have read in a book that the first football pads were leather helmets and that was it. No other pads but leather helmets.
1896
most football players wore what they do now, but they used to wear leather helmets
The Rams.
Leather Helmets and that was about it at the time.
The first ones were used in 1896, and they became mandatory in the NFL in 1945.
The new football helmets have a facemask, as the other ones didn't. The new ones are now made of plastic, not leather padding as they used to be.
no, because this could be used as a form of cheating.
dangerous there were not any pads they just had helmets
The Philadelphia Eagles
leather helmets