Hornung has sued Riddell over helmets

[Patler]

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2016/07/07/paul-hornung-sues-helmet-maker-riddell/86820896/

Hornung admits to wearing a leather helmet in college, plastic Riddell as a pro. Claims Riddell knew enough way back then to have warned him.

This seems like a hard one to prove. Seems like Riddell can argue they were a vast improvement over what he wore in college, and were probably at the leading edge of the technology at the time.

[KYPack]

Prolly looked like a good gamble to the Horn.

[pbmax]

While skull fractures and bleeding were a cause for concern with previous helmets, I am not sure hard shell plastic helmets, as it came to be used, have really had a net positive impact except for keeping players in the game (because they are not bleeding or fractured). It mainly has moved the risk of the collision forward in time.

Mainly, I blame the Steelers.

[Harlan Huckleby]

http://public.media.smithsonianmag.com/legacy_blog/jetsons-uniblab-sabotage.jpeg

The helmet of the future

[Joemailman]

And to think that all those years Hornung thought he was just hung over.