The single-bar facemask was officially ruled illegal in 2004, ... He was released the following training camp by the Patriots and their football history-loving coach, Bill Belichick. — Greg ...

The single-bar facemask was a prominent symbol on all sorts of NFL team merchandise into the 1970s. The league is using single-bar helmet imagery on all sorts of merchandise related to this year's ...

Ode to the Single-Bar Face Mask. August 30, 2007. by Larry Brown. Read . There was a Punter Named Scott Player, Who was Cut by Arizona. Now we Must Bury the Single-bar Helmet.

The single-bar facemask was once a staple for NFL players. Free-agent kicker Scott Player was the last pro to wear this uniform classic; the single-bar was banned in 2004. Over-the-top touchdown ...

Long gone are the days of the leather shell and single-bar face mask. Today’s football helmets are technological marvels, using cutting edge materials and design elements to make the headgear ...

Somewhere between the last single-bar face mask and a Thursday night season-opening kickoff that followed a concert, the NFL began to take a lead in the American social experience. With that role ...

The single bar face mask was the invention of Paul Brown, ... who still make the official helmet of the National Football League. By 1962, facemasks were worn by every player in the game.

The last non-kicker to wear a single-bar facemask was Washington quarterback Joe Theismann. It’s an iconic look of days gone by, giving the player minimal protection from fists, forearms, elbows, ...

Scott Player was the NFL's last remaining player to sport a helmet with a single-bar facemask, and it's with great sadness that I tell you he'll also be the last in NFL history. Those 10 single-bar ...

The helmet replaced the traditional leather helmet that had been used almost exclusively from 1922 to 1946. The helmet featured an internal web suspension that could be raised or lowered to fit the ...

David Stluka/Getty Images Punter Scott Player represents the end of the single-bar facemask era. The NFL went as far as it could to replicate history.