Knee And Thigh Pads Making A Comeback!

According to Sports Now - Sports News From Los Angeles And Beyond, the NFL will require that all of its players wear knee and thigh pads by 2013. Most players stopped wearing knee and thigh pads years ago.  Here is a tribute to those and other fashionable pads NFL players used to wear!

 Franco Harris sporting knee, thigh and hip pads. Pic courtesy of http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Earl Campbell wearing thigh and knee pads. Photo courtesy of http://3.bp.blogspot.com

Randall Cunningham with his thigh and knee pads. Photo courtesy of http://www.realclearsports.com

Stump Mitchell's knee, thigh and forearm pads. Photo courtesy of http://www.mainlineautographs.com