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.

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 ...

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 ...

Being a punter in the NFL isn’t the most glamorous position on the gridiron. The Gumby-legged kings of the single-bar facemask’s greatest value—field position—doesn’t show up on ESPN ...

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.