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All they had back then was a leather hat, boots for shoes, and very baggy pants, little or close to none of padding. There was alot of players that died while playing football in the early year and had people that broke there teeth

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The first football game was played in Rutgers University. they wore regular attire but wore a leather hat which eventually became a helmet. they wore no shoulder pads, knee pads or thigh pads. eventually Football spread throughout the country and became a national sport

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Leather Helmets and that was about it at the time.

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