Armory Football

As an extension of yesterday's post about the armory, I came across this photo of the Company I football team of 1907.  The funny looking things hanging around their necks are leather nose guards.  Before face masks became prominent in the 1950s, it was the only protection against a bloody (or broken) nose.  Compare this to the blog post of 9/22 about Menasha regaining football in the early 1920's: 

http://menashabook.blogspot.com/2014/09/footballs-back-in-town.html