12 Helmets from the Dark Ages of Football

Today ’s high tech football outfit may be magnitudes more protective than the minute of shaped moo-cow hide you see here but they ’re not nigh as intimidating . Our friends atOobjecthave assembled 12 other model of these bad ass cranial caretakers .

When you ’re done knock around in here , be sure to check out thesearmored face masks , theseaviator helmets , and thesediving helmets .

Spalding lattice helmet from 1893

1900s ‘Aviator’-Style Leather Football Helmet

1900s Spalding ‘Rain Cap’-Style Leather Football Helmet

1900 Spalding Moleskin and Leather Flat-Top Football Helmet

Late 1910-1920’s GoldSmith Dog-Ear Style Leather Football Helmet

Rare 1920s ‘Executioner’ Leather Football Helmet

Full face executioner style football helmet

United States Tanker’s Helmet 1938

This is actually not a football game helmet but a military one ground on a football one . It show up things going full circle since the original helmets were urge by gladiators .