Bob Montgomery , Boston Red Sox 1979
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For a while he didn't have to, but then the NHL required the use of a helmet.
The Brooklyn Dodgers en masse started putting plastic liners into their tradition caps in 1941. Indiviudal players had been doing this though beforehand. Modern-day helmets were not manadated until 1971 and ear flaps not until 1982 or '83.