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 The very first All State football team in Delaware was in 1948, this is a compilation of 1st team members ONLY, from 1948 to the last team picked, 2008...61 years of All State Delaware Football Teams. Team photos', individual photos',(taken from the Archives of U of De. and Wilmington Library, micro film), names, position and high school they came from. This is a VERY exclusive club, once you've made it, "your in for a lifetime"...there are 1169 members in "the Club" since 1948... Each team has a representative High School and Logo for there respective All State year...just thought some of you fella's out there, should be worthy of some attention, so if you did, or you didn't go to college or play college ball, you might have played a little Semi Pro football, or went straight to work or the service after graduation, because you couldn't afford to go to college, some became bricklayers, CPA's, mailmen, teachers, some may no longer be with us. But you still worked your butt off to make All State
ALL STATE FACTS...
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP...1166 1ST TEAM ALL STATERS SINCE 1948 TO PRESENT
1ST 2 TIME ALL STATE BACK...NICK BUCCI, 1948 AND 1949
1ST 2 TIME ALL STATE LINEMAN...BOB LaFAZIA, 1949 AND 1950, also 1st to make 1st team at two different
positions, '49 guard & '50 tackle
1ST AFRICAN/AMERICAN PICKED ON ALL STATE TEAM, THEO HICKS,HOWARD HIGH, (1ST OF HUNDREDS PICKED)
1ST BROTHERS TO MAKE 1ST TEAM...MARTY APOSTOLICO, 1949 AND JOE APOSTOLICO, 1954
1ST 3 TIME ALL STATE BACK, CHUCK HUNTER, 1973, 1974 AND 1975
1ST 3 TIME ALL STATE LINEMAN, KWAME HARRIS, 1997, 1998 & 1999...2ND 3 TIME ALL STATE LINEMAN, BROTHER, ORIEN HARRIS, 1998,1999, 2000
1st and "ONLY" State to have an All State website from beginning to present
1st year to pick All Defensive and All Offensive teams was 1973
1st year two different All State Teams were picked: Coaches and DSBA, 2006
1st State Championship game, won by Wilmington over Middletown, 1971
GUESTBOOK
Schools represented and the Total All State 1st Team Players
Sallies...131
Newark...114
William Penn...85
Caesar Rodney...69
Middletown...59
Seaford...58
Dover...45
St. Mark's...42
Christiana...34
Brandywine...30
Wilmington High...29
Cape Henlopen...28
Archmere...27
Dickenson...26
Glasgow...25
Sussex Central...25
Laurel...19
Concord...19
Delmar...17
St. Elizabeth...17
Lake Forest...16
Claymont...15
Delcastle...14
Friends...14
Smyrna...11
Mt. Pleasant...11
Conrad...10
Howard...13
A.I.DuPont...12
Caravel...12
McKean...9
Woodbridge...9
Hodgson...8
Milford...8
Sussex Tech...8
Tatnall...7
Tower Hill...7
PS DuPont...7
Indian River...6
Alexis I. DuPont...6
St. Andrews...6
Rehoboth...4
Lewes...4
Poly Tech...4
Brown Vocational...3
Bridgeville...3
Millsboro...2
Pencader...2
Wilmington Charter...2
Dover Air...1
DeLaWarr...1
Georgetown...1
Sanford...1
Jason...1
Grand total...1166 1st team All Staters from 1948 to present, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS CHAMPS!
DIV 1 CHAMPS, 2009
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DIV 2 CHAMPS, 2009 |
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Delaware High School Football State Champs
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Champion |
Division |
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Year |
| Delmar |
II |
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2009 |
| Salesianum |
I |
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2009 |
| Caesar Rodney |
I |
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2008 |
| Milford |
II |
1 Championship |
2008 |
| Middletown |
I |
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2007 |
| Hodgson |
II |
1 Championship |
2007 |
| Salesianum |
I |
9 Championships |
2006 |
| Concord |
II |
3 Championships |
2006 |
| Salesianum |
I |
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2005 |
| Caravel |
II |
3 Championships |
2005 |
| Newark |
I |
10 Championships |
2004 |
| Concord |
II |
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2004 |
| Newark |
I |
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2003 |
| Concord |
II |
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2003 |
| William Penn |
I |
8 Championships |
2002 |
| Delmar |
II |
6 Championships |
2002 |
| Newark |
I |
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2001 |
| Delmar |
II |
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2001 |
| Newark |
I |
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2000 |
| Delmar |
II |
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2000 |
| Newark |
I |
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1999 |
| Middletown |
II |
5 Championships |
1999 |
| Newark |
I |
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1998 |
| Middletown |
II |
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1998 |
| Newark |
I |
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1997 |
| Middletown |
II |
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1997 |
| William Penn |
I |
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1996 |
| St. Elizabeth |
II |
2 Championships |
1996 |
| William Penn |
I |
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1995 |
| Lake Forest |
II |
1 Championship |
1995 |
| Christiana |
I |
2Championships |
1994 |
| St. Elizabeth |
II |
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1994 |
| Salesianum |
I |
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1993 |
| Sussex Tech |
II |
1 Championship |
1993 |
| William Penn |
I |
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1992 |
| Dickinson |
II |
2 Championships |
1992 |
| William Penn |
I |
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1991 |
| Laurel |
II |
3 Championships |
1991 |
| Caesar Rodney |
I |
3 Championships |
1990 |
| Caravel |
II |
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1990 |
| Glasgow |
I |
2 Championships |
1989 |
| Caravel |
II |
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1989 |
| Dover |
I |
2 Championships |
1988 |
| Indian River |
II |
1 Championship |
1988 |
| William Penn |
I |
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1987 |
| Laurel |
II |
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1987 |
| Salesianum |
I |
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1986 |
| Laurel |
II |
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1986 |
| Newark |
I |
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1985 |
| Delmar |
II |
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1985 |
| Newark |
I |
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1984 |
| Friends |
II |
1 Championship |
1984 |
| William Penn |
I |
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1983 |
| Seaford |
II |
2 Championships |
1983 |
| William Penn |
I |
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1982 |
| Archmere |
II |
3 Championships |
1982 |
| Seaford |
I |
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1981 |
| Mount Pleasant |
II |
1 Championship |
1981 |
| Dickinson |
I |
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1980 |
| Archmere |
II |
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1980 |
| Cape Henlopen |
I |
1 Championship |
1979 |
| Archmere |
II |
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1979 |
| St. Mark's |
I |
3 Championships |
1978 |
| Middletown |
II |
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1978 |
| Dover |
I |
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1977 |
| Christiana |
II |
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1977 |
| Newark |
I |
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1976 |
| Delmar |
II |
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1976 |
| Caesar Rodney |
I |
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1975 |
| Glasgow |
II |
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1975 |
| St. Mark's |
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1974 |
| St. Mark's |
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1973 |
| Salesianum |
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1972 |
| Wilmington |
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1 Championship |
1971 |
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Father and son combos':
Vince Marcozzi '58 and Vince Marcozzi '83 from Salesianum are father and son
Joe Todd, two time All Stater, '71 & '72 from Middletown and Joe Todd Jr., two time All Stater, 2002 & 2003 from Howard High...Joe Todds younger son, Charlie was a first team all stater also 2006...WOW! CONGRATS to Joe Sr. and MOM!
Ed Szczerba '72 and Andrew Szczerba '06 from Salesianum are father and son
(If you know of any more Dad's and Son's that made All State, please let me know:
delawareallstatefootball@comcast.net)
Grandfather & Grandson combos':
Tom Logullo..End (CONRAD)(1st year of All State teams)1948, son, Andy Dickinson, 1986(2nd team) and Grandson, DE Adam Ward - Glasgow, (2nd team)
(If you know of any Grandpops and Grandsons that made All State, please let me know:
Brother combos':
Marty Apostolico '49, WHS and Joe Apostolico '54, WHS
Bob LaFazia '49 & '50, WHS and Dennis LaFazia '62, Salesianum
Hal Grosh 1953 and Dave Grosh 1955 are brothers from Seaford
Herky Billings, 2nd team HB 1968, 1st team 1969, brother Ken was 2nd team in
1970 and 1971, QB, Middletown High School
Johnny Marvel 1970, brother is Tommy Marvel 1973 both 1st team All-State from
Sussex
Central
High School
John Carney '73 and Mike '74 & '75 from St. MarksMike McKone 1975,
George Hicks '73 and Darryl Hicks, '80...Milford High
Caesar Rodney and Tom McKone 1976, Caesar Rodney
Joe Perna '76, Salesianum and Kevin Perna, '86, William Penn
Mike Testa Newark 1984 and John Testa St. Marks 1996 and 1997 are brothers
Rob Longo '86 and Vinnie Longo '90, from Salesianum
Pat Casey '88 and Tom Casey, (2nd Team) '90 from Salesianum
Tom Jarome ,'88 & '89, 1st team All State, Steve Jarome, 2nd team, '82
LUKE PETIGOUT 1993 AND MARK PETIGOUT 1997 are Brothers from
Sussex central.
Buck Booth 1993 and Spencer Booth 2003 are brothers of Sussex Cetnral.
Jake Booth 2000 of Sussex Central is their Cousin. All on the 1st team all state teams
Kwame Harris, 1997, 1998 & 1999 and Orien Harris, 1998,1999, 2000 from Newark High
Louie Wright (1999) , Joey Wright (2003), brothers from St. Mark's
Joe Cylc, 2001 and Larry Cylc, 2002, from Hodgson Vo Tech
Adam Shrewsbury '03 & '04(FB) and James Shrewsbury '05 (K), both from Middletown
John Henry '02 and Darin Henry '04, (William Penn)
PJ DiGatti '04 and Anthony Digatti '05 & '06 (Both all-state centers) both from Middletown
Jed Bell, 3rd team, '06 and Alex Bell, 1st team, '08, both from Milford
Jamil & Jamal Merrell, twins, 2007 All Staters from Hodgson Vo Tech
(If you know of any more brothers that made All State, please let me know:
Dear fellow All Staters and Friends,
"OLD HIGH SCHOOL and FOOTBALL PHOTOS SECTION"
We're sorry about the clarity of some of the "old photos", I got most of my photos from the Archives of the U of Delaware Library, Micro Film Dept.,(very old pictures), I enhanced them the best I could, I'm trying to get at least 2 to 3 old photos and clippings for each year, mostly from Archives of the News Journal, Journal Every Evening, Morning News, Sunday Star, delawareonline, old photos from fellow All Staters and relatives and friends of ALL the football players from ALL over the GREAT state of Delaware,"0LD PHOTOS from 1902 to the present...if you want to take any prints, you certainly have my permission,
your fellow All Stater, '49 & '50
COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER:
The material on this site was reproduced for enjoyment, review and information purposes ONLY and not for any commercial gain. Use of this material is not intended as a copyright infringement on any of the owners or any other entity's copyrighted material. Please realize that all links are maintained by other people, so I disavow any liability on the content of those pages and for copyright infringement. If you hold copyright to any material contained on this site and wish it's removal, please contact bobscustomclubs@comcast.net Provide legal proof of your right to demand removal. If verified, material will be removed immediately. Some photos & graphics were acquired from non copyrighted sources. They are usable at your own risk.My original Photos along with the backgrounds, images or page designs are not to be copied without my expressed permission. A special thanks to the All Staters that contributed photos, (myself included:-) Wilmington Morning News, Sunday Star, Morning News, Wilmington Journal-Every Evening, Evening Journal, The News-Journal and Delawareonline.com,Past Time Sports (http://pasttimesports.biz/products/f4.html)for the use of the photos for non-commercial use.
SPECIAL THANKS:
We would like to give a special "THANKS" to the WSBA, (WILMINGTON SPORTSWRITERS AND BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION) for all there hard work over the years, thanks for the great banquets, trophies, food, a great experience for a young man that is now old but still can remember the very 1st WSBA function that the All Staters were invited too, (with Mr. Al Cartwright,(Toastmaster) the "BEST", in our opinion), inviting the ALL STATE football team to everyone of them since 1951, our 1st one. The first Wilmington Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association banquet attended by the All State Footballers was held in 1951 and honored only the All-State football team. It remained that way for 54 years. The banquet and All-State football team was the idea of retired News Journal sports editor Al Cartwright and many of his colleagues. Now they invite numerous Delaware All State teams to the banquet, the Democratic way which is fine with ALL the football All Staters.
ALL STATE SLIDE SHOWS
#1, This is a slide show of "Olde Delaware High School Photos...from 1893 to present, 2009,
ENJOY! Click on below and enjoy the show!
http://picasaweb.google.com/bobscustclubs/AllStateHighSchoolDelawareFootballFrom1948ToPresentOldFootballPhotos#slideshow/5174227516982871026
#2, This is a slide show of ALL the All State teams from beginning, 1948 to present, 2009...if you want to copy photos or keep URL, (any of them, please do)...click this on and ENJOY!
http://picasaweb.google.com/bobscustclubs/HISTORYOFDELAWAREALLSTATEFOOTBALL?feat=directlink#slideshow/5133157559283928434
#3, This is an All State slideshow with High School Logo's and music, enjoy!
http://www.slide.com/r/GTBS5DQZ5j_FVuyqQZDqV_ofL9KaTbB-?view=original
#4, This as a slide show of "olde" photos from 1893 to 2009, ENJOY
http://www.slide.com/r/vVGHMPud4D9zTD9aaY08gqwiejxAMBga?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original
#5, This is another slideshow of All Staters and Old Photos, over 400 photos, ENJOY!
http://picasaweb.google.com/bobscustclubs/AllStateHighSchoolDelawareFootballFrom1948ToPresentOldFootballPhotos#slideshow/5174227516982871026
Video of Wilmington High vs PS DuPont,
Thanksgiving Day, 1950
Please click this on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdvhs4mw70A
ALSO
Video of Wilmington High vs Conrad High,
1950, Conrad field under lights
Please click this on: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7271222708317606168
MY ALL TIME ALL STATERS, from 1948 to 2009
Most Outstanding All State football player, (or players) for each year!
From beginning: 1948 to 2009
1948............................................................Nick Bucci, Claymont
1949............................................................Ronnie Waller, Laurel
1950............................................................Ronnie Waller, Laurel
1951............................................................Bunny Blaney, Newark
1952............................................................Bucky Buiano, Sallies
1953............................................................Jim Oddo, Wilmington
1954............................................................Jim Henry, Wilmington
1955............................................................Charley Cox, Wilmington
1956............................................................Vinnie Scott, Sallies
1957............................................................Ted Kempski, Sallies
1958............................................................Wayne Allen, Sallies
1959............................................................Tom Harrison, Sallies
1960............................................................Ron Bianco, Conrad
1961............................................................Herb Slattery, Archmere
1962............................................................Dennis LaFazia, Harry Alexander, Sallies
1963............................................................Charley Mikolajewski, Sallies
1964............................................................Steve Ballaco, Dover
1965............................................................Bruce Reynolds, Wm. Penn
1966............................................................Dick Kelly, Newark
1967............................................................Pedro Swann, Newark
1968............................................................Kevin Reilly, Sallies
1969............................................................Scotty Reihm, Middletown
1970............................................................Joe Todd, Middletown
1971............................................................Dan Bathon, Sallies
1972............................................................Gary Anderson, McKean
1973............................................................Mark McLane, Sallies
1974............................................................Chuck Hunter, St. Mark's
1975............................................................Chuck Hunter, St. Mark's
1976............................................................David Allen Snow, Wilmington
1977............................................................(TIE)Kelsie, CR, Meade, Dover
1978............................................................(TIE)Henry, Middletown,Cephous,St. Mark's
1979............................................................Frank Cephous, St. Mark's
1980............................................................(TIE)Candeloro, Bordley,Dickinson
1981............................................................Joe Burton, Wm. Penn
1982............................................................Nick Tiberi, Wm. Penn
1983............................................................Mike Pinkett, Wm. Penn
1984............................................................Pat Udovich, Archmere
1985............................................................Derrick May, Newark
1986............................................................Kevin Perna, Sallies
1987............................................................Shawn Larrimore, Laurel
1988............................................................Greg Peden, Sallies
1989............................................................Danny White, Claymont
1990............................................................Lovett Purnell, Seaford
1991............................................................Jamie Duncan, Christiana
1992............................................................Jamie Duncan, Christiana
1993............................................................Luke Pettigout, Sussex Central
1994............................................................Rich Conway, St. Elizabeth
1995............................................................Jeff Hockenbrock, Wm. Penn
1996............................................................Damon Saunders, Dickinson
1997............................................................John Testa, Newark
1998............................................................(TIE) Elijah Worthy, Cape Henlopen and Justin Caserta, Newark
1999............................................................Kwame Harris, Newark
2000............................................................Orien Harris, Newark
2001............................................................(TIE) Pierre Bowers, Dover and Kevin Wiggons, Newark
2002............................................................Larry Cylc, Hodgson
2003............................................................(TIE) Joey Wright, St. Mark's and Bryan Robinson, CR
2004............................................................(TIE) Gene Delledonne, Sallies and Sam Burrows, Concord
2005............................................................Nick Dominelli, Sallies
2006............................................................Sal Viscount, Sallies
2007............................................................(TIE) Vinnie Ranauto, Caravel and
Jamil Merrell, Hodgson
2008............................................................(TIE) Kyle Sullivan, Sallies and Justin Brown, Concord
2009............................................(TIE) Brandon Cheaton, Caravel and Jamaal Jackson, Hodgson Vo Tech
This is just "my opinion", needless to say, I'm an Up-Stater so I know more about the Up-State All Staters than the Down-Staters...I apologise if I have missed some of "you guys" from Down-State and also ALL the other All Staters too
Yours Truely,
Bob LaFazia, allstate '49 & '50
What are your thoughts on ALL TIME ALL STATERS?
History of Football and Football Helmet
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Football historians, those who have studied the game and its origins, place the games beginnings in rugby, an English game played with many similarities to football. Rugby began in eighteen twenty-three at the famous Rugby Boys School in England. Another cousin of the game of football is soccer, sometimes called association football; its beginnings can also be traced to English origin, being played as early as the eighteen twenties.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ITS BEGINNINGS...At the same time, a group of students, who did not wear leather football helmets,at Princeton began playing what was then known as ballown. First using their fists to advance the ball, and then their feet, this game consisted mainly of one goal: to advance the old watermeoln football past the opposing team. There were no hard and fast rules applied to this earliest attempt at the game we now call football.At Harvard, the freshman and sophomore classes, who also did not at first wear leather football helmets, competed in a football-type game, played on the first Monday of each school year; this event came to be known as Bloody Monday because of the roughness of the game. Pick up games,where there were no leather football helmets, similar in style to that played on Bloody Monday, soon became popular on the Boston Common, catching on in popularity around eighteen sixty.
Soon after the end of the American Civil War,still the leather football helmet had not been invented, around eighteen sixty five, colleges began organizing football games.None of these early teams wore leather football helmets. In eighteen sixty seven, Princeton led the way in establishing some rudimentary rules of the game.But still , leather football helmets were not used or invented. Players simply tied a bandana around their heads. Also in that year, the football itself was patented for the very first time That early ball was a crude watermelon, almost round shape. But still no way to protect the players from death or concussins because there were no leather football helmets even thought of during these early years..Rutgers College also established a set of rules in eighteen sixty seven, and with the relatively short distance between it and Princeton, a game was decided upon by both universities. A date was chosen, November sixth, eighteen sixty nine; Rutgers won by a score of six goals to four, and thus was played what has become known as the very first intercollegiate football game No leather football helmets were worn during this contest. The flying wedge plays injured many because they had no leather football helmets..In eighteen seventy three, representatives from Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton, and Yale met in New York City to formulate the first intercollegiate football rules for the increasingly popular game, still being played with many of the rules of soccer. These four teams established the Intercollegiate Football Association, and set as fifteen the number of players allowed on each team.Walter Camp, the coach at Yale and a dissenter from the IFA over his desire for an eleven man team, helped begin the final step in the evolution from rugby-style play to the modernfootball game of American football. The IFAs rules committee, led by Camp, soon cut the number of players from fifteen to eleven, and also instituted the size of the playing field, at one hundred ten yards. But still no one thought to protect themselves better with a leather footbal hemet. In eighteen eighty-two Camp also introduced the system of downs. After first allowing three attempts to advance the ball five yards, in nineteen six it was changed to ten yards. The fourth down was added in nineteen twelve. Tackling below the waist had been legalized in eighteen eighty-eight.Within a decade, concern over the increasing brutality of the game led to its ban by some colleges.Brutal plays that actually walked and trampled opposing players were the norm and leather football helmets still had not been invented to protect the head of the players of early football. Nearly one hundred eighty players had suffered serious injuries, and eighteen deaths had been reported from the brutal mass plays that had become common in practice.
The earliest leather football helmets were invented by a Navy player in 1893. He asked a local blacksmith to improvise a leather harness hat to protect his head. As his doctor said that if he continued to play , one more kick to the head would kill or paralyze him for life. Thus the first "leather football helmet was born. Soon other players created additional styles of leather football helmets to protect their heads and ears. Still the early leather football helmets provided little protection. There were such styles as the early beehive leather football helmet, the flat-top leather football helmets and the dogear leather football helmt. In nineteen hundred five, President Theodore Roosevelt called upon Harvard, Princeton, and Yale to help save the sport from demise.At a meeting between the schools, reform was agreed upon, and at a second meeting, attended by more than sixty other schools, the group appointed a seven member Rules Committee and set up what would later become known as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or the NCAA.From this committee came the legalization of the forward pass, which resulted in a more open style of play on the field. The rough mass plays, which once caused so many serious injuries, and even deaths, were prohibited by the committee. Also prohibited was the locking of arms by teammates in an effort to clear the way for their ball carriers. Still many early teams wore no leather football helmets. But eventually the advantages of the leather football helmet were seen . And soon one could watch a game and observe half the players with out leather football helmets and half with leather football helmets to protect their heads.The length of the game was shortened, from seventy to sixty minutes, and the neutral zone, which separates the teams by the length of the ball before each play begins, was also established. The earliest balls wree called watermelon footballs and they have become almost extinct along with the earliest leather football helmets . Today these leather football helmets can only be found in museums or among fine collections of leather foorball helmets.
Today, almost one hundred years since the inception of the NCAA, the sport of college football flourishes as one of the most popular of collegiate games. Colleges and universities are placed into three divisions under NCAA guidelines and each division has many conferences. Seasonal and conference play leads to post-season bowl games, where the champions of conferences meet to play in front of a world-wide television audience. Some of these bowls include the Rose Bowl, played on New Years Day in Pasadena, California, between the Big Ten and Pacific Ten conference champions.
The leather football helmet evolution follows the great early college game as leather helmets first showed up in the 1890s and then the leather helmets gradually develeoped into a stronger and more protective piece of gear.
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL: ITS BEGINNINGS Professional football was first played soon after the demise of the Intercollegiate Football Association, around eighteen ninety-five. In nineteen twenty, the American Professional Football Association was formed; one year later it was reorganized and in nineteen twenty-two was renamed the National Football League. Some of the great early Pro players who wore leather football helmets were Red Grange , Jim Thorpe, the early Packer team , the early Bear team , the early Giant team , the early Philadelphia team, and the early Pittsburgh team. Players wore varying style of leather football helmets . And the colors also began to show up on the early 40s leather football helmets. Before that most helmets were plain natural leather either brown, cordovan , or black. Color leather football helmets allowed the quaterback to better see the receiver at long distances when he was far down the field. So more and more teams began to paint their leather football helmets to put some visibility sizzel into their games. .Unlike the APFA, which handed out franchises far and wide with little discretion, the NFL, from nineteen forty-six to forty-nine, was limited to ten teams.
Gradually in the late 1940s the leather football helmet began to be replaced by early plastics. However many of the early plastic football helmets shattered and caused injury. So. the leather football helme survived thru the World war II years and lingered into the early 1950s. But gradually the old leather football helmet was replaced by the plastics and more and more teams began to add logos and symbols to their helmets . the early leather football helmets were spared this clutter and reamined unadorned right into the 50s eara. Soon howevre the old leather football helmet faded into history. many pooreer high school teams and JR high teams still used these old leather helmets right into the 1960s and 70s . Today the leather football helmet is practically extinct and can only be found at museums or in fine collections.The APFA, on the other hand, consisted of twenty three teams in the year between its inception and the change-over in becoming the NFL.A merger in nineteen seventy, fifty years after the inception of the first pro football association, combined sixteen NFL teams with ten AFL teams to comprise one league with two conferences. In the nineteen eighties, further expansion was proposed and by the ninety three-ninety four NFL season, approval was given for a thirty-team league. The next step towards growth of the league would be to realign the NFL into eight different divisions, each with four teams.Pro football, like its college counterpart, was not without its failures. Among the number of competitive leagues that have folded in failure are the All-American Football conference, nineteen forty-six to forty-nine, the American Football League, nineteen sixty to sixty-nine, and the World Football League, nineteen seventy-four to seventy-five.Arena Football, an indoor league played in the spring with eight man teams, debuted in nineteen eighty-seven. It is still played, but does not enjoy the popularity or success that is found in the National Football League.
Check out each year of the All Staters, 1948 to 2009 and see the various football helmets, from beginning, (leather, plastic, to todays helmets). |
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