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[QUOTE="g kushner, post: 2516210, member: 233"]
It was an era of transition as far as equipment is concerned.  I wore Vic Hansen (a SU all American) leather shoulder pads in high school and none of us, except some linemen, had a face masks and no one had mouthpieces.  We were taught to slide our head to the side, wrap up, tackle with our shoulder and drive through.  The first day of college practice was enlightening to me as I felt I was in the minority in the locker room as a great many of the players took their teeth out and put them on the shelf of their locker.  By that time we were all issued plastic helmets with, mostly, single bar face masks.  Still no mouth pieces.  There was no weight lifting, would make you musclebound. Jim Brown looked like he was wearing shoulder pads even when only in a T shirt.  Probably the greatest athlete of the century.  He could have varsity lettered in ANY sport he wished to play. He did letter in football, basketball, lacrosse and track.  Hard to believe but probably as good or better lacrosse player as football.  He and Vic Hansen have been, to the best of my knowledge, SU's only 2 sport All Americans  Oh well just some reminiscents of a very proud SU alum.  Anybody want anymore?
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