American Football Protective Equipment
Protective equipment in gridiron football ("football gear") consists of equipment worn by football players for the protection of the body during the course of a football game. Basic equipment is worn by some football players including helmet, shoulder pads, gloves, shoes, and thigh and knee pads. Neck rolls, elbow pads, mouth guards, hip pads, tailbone pads, rib pads, and other equipment may be worn in addition to the aforementioned basics. Football protective equipment is made of synthetic materials: foam rubbers, elastics, and durable, shock-resistant, molded plastic. Football protective equipment has remained consistent in use for decades with some slight modifications made over the years in design and materials. The assignment and maintenance of football gear belongs to the team equipment manager.
| American football portal | |
| Canadian football portal |
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: College football |
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: American football equipment |
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Canadian football |
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Canadian football equipment |
Read more about American Football Protective Equipment: Helmet, Shoulder Pads, Jockstrap, or Athletic Supporter, Jerseys and Pants, Shoes, Equipment Management
Famous quotes containing the words american, football, protective and/or equipment:
“After all, the chief business of the American people is business.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“...I’m not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but what’s the difference? You can’t take it with you. The toys get different, that’s all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It’s all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“Diligence is a priceless treasure; prudence a protective charm.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Why not draft executive and management brains to prepare and produce the equipment the $21-a-month draftee must use and forget this dollar-a-year tommyrot? Would we send an army into the field under a dollar-a-year General who had to be home Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)