Closed Cage Football Face Mask
date: label: date made
content: ca 1952 - 1976
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Gray football facemask with two vertical bars to help provide extra protection, however they are spaced out to provide maximum vision. The design offers minimal jaw protection. It is possible that this is a Schutt 330 facemask which were manufactured during the 1950s and primarily used to protect the eyes or glasses. The design would most likely be worn by running backs or defensive backs where the extra protection was necessary due to fairly frequent collisions but vision was still a necessity.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: E. Michael Swanton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1114.05
label: accession number
content: 1977.1114
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1114.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Face Guard
label: Object Name
content: face mask, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm