The leather days? What are you a hundred and six? :-) those guys weighed 47 lb.
These guys are 270-pound animals that could stop a bus.
Everybody pull down your calendar with Tommy Dorsey on it :-) its 2020
I have my father-in-law’s leather helmet, and it is younger than 100. They may not have been as big, but they hit. Go look at the bloody photos of players during and after games from that era. Now, most players hardly wear pads, and hitting is a penalty.