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<blockquote data-quote="Mack" data-source="post: 20709" data-attributes="member: 670"><p>In the early sixties I played with a Riddell helmet that was classified as a suspension helmet..........I have seen them split after a hit.....we were in a era in which 155 lbs made you a decent fullback or a guard..if you weighted over 170 you could play anywhere....kids ran 100 dash in late 10s and nobody really knew what weight training was since docs thought it would hurt the development of the child.We say many concussions but if we could talk to the coach we went back in and it seemed we didnt have as many knee injuries as today.Like yu I look back and it seemed that at least seventy five percent of my class had some type of injury...sprained ankle or separated shoulder or bad knee but we didnt worry about it...Today I see guys out there that are huge and fast and mean and strong and yes .........I would have second thoughts of letting my son play today unless he was athletic and physically able to take punishment.We loved the crackback block and the double team that today they call the chop block.We led with our heads and spearing was fairly legal unless it was after a play was over.</p><p></p><p>Now what could we do....not really sure..so many times I have seen a lineman hit a qb late and nothing done about it and then a guy grabs a shoulder pad or horse collar and get a penalty.I really dont know but one thing i would do now that I didnt do as a player or a coach was .........WATER. we could drink it in a game and couldn't have a drop during weekdays.........wonder we didnt kill somebody with this mess.I would not be surprised to see something done for pass recovers over the middle but sort of hit a dead spot on what we could do..........guess I survived in the old single and double bar days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mack, post: 20709, member: 670"] In the early sixties I played with a Riddell helmet that was classified as a suspension helmet..........I have seen them split after a hit.....we were in a era in which 155 lbs made you a decent fullback or a guard..if you weighted over 170 you could play anywhere....kids ran 100 dash in late 10s and nobody really knew what weight training was since docs thought it would hurt the development of the child.We say many concussions but if we could talk to the coach we went back in and it seemed we didnt have as many knee injuries as today.Like yu I look back and it seemed that at least seventy five percent of my class had some type of injury...sprained ankle or separated shoulder or bad knee but we didnt worry about it...Today I see guys out there that are huge and fast and mean and strong and yes .........I would have second thoughts of letting my son play today unless he was athletic and physically able to take punishment.We loved the crackback block and the double team that today they call the chop block.We led with our heads and spearing was fairly legal unless it was after a play was over. Now what could we do....not really sure..so many times I have seen a lineman hit a qb late and nothing done about it and then a guy grabs a shoulder pad or horse collar and get a penalty.I really dont know but one thing i would do now that I didnt do as a player or a coach was .........WATER. we could drink it in a game and couldn't have a drop during weekdays.........wonder we didnt kill somebody with this mess.I would not be surprised to see something done for pass recovers over the middle but sort of hit a dead spot on what we could do..........guess I survived in the old single and double bar days. [/QUOTE]
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