Early Football Framed or Unframed:Unframed visit as a Nobel Peace

visit as a Nobel Peace laureate

known as the "Granite City" for its many gray-stone buildings

"As one conductor put it: I've held babies for passengers

"Sometimes people throw coins down there to see if I can get them

as captured by veteran Times photographer George Tames in February 1962

Early Football Framed or Unframed:Unframed visit as a Nobel PeaceIn the early days of football, games could look like a bare knuckles brawl. In this scene, players converge on the ball carrier amid a tangle of legs, cleats, leather helmets and taped hands. Helmets were originally plain natural leather, either brown, cordovan or black. Color was later added to the helmets to help the quarterback see receivers down field and to adda bit of flair to the game. Some players wore nose guards, but face masks didn't come