In my previous project, Evolution of Football Gear, I learned lots of new things that I didn't know before. My project was about football pads from the beginning of football, to present day. The pieces of gear that I was working with were the helmets, shoulder pads, and pants/leg pads.
One thing that I found interesting was that helmets have evolved from optional thin leather helmets, to hard, plastic, concussion-proof helmets with metal face masks. Another thing about the helmets is that it took about 100 years to make that big change. In the shoulder pads section, there used to be little, stuffed, sew-on shoulder pads. Something else is that everybody had the same kind of shoulder pads back then. Today, they are molded for maximum protection in college and the NFL. Also, the shoulder pads change according to the position. For example: Linemen-long pads with little shoulders, Running Backs-thick, big and very strong for hard hits, and Wide Receivers or Defensive Backs- not big, but not small, still offering lots of protection. Under the pants/leg pads section, there used to be sewn-in thigh pads not very much protection.They have changed a long way from those pads, to optional sewn-in plastic pads, with soft padding covering them. The pants today are tight, strong, and very safe.
Like I said, football pads have changed a ton over the past 100 years.
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