Eye black, or eyeblack, is pretty cool looking, if you ask me. My question, though, is why athletes - football players, baseball, etc. - even wear it. Is the threat of glare so great that they need it? Or is it really just a cool thing to put on ... a little like a ritual getting ready for a contest.
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| Eye black - Paul Hornung wore it, and it looked cool. |
I read that a friend of mine had to wash several towels because her daughter, who is in fifth grade, got eye black all over them. She's a catcher and a helluva ballplayer. Anyway, when I was a kid, the backs on our little league football team got to wear eye black, but us linemen were denied.
Now, of course, they have stickers instead of the actual eye black, and the stickers of course have logos and other things on them.
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| Eye black stickers - Reggie Bush's said "619" |
According to ESPN's Paul Lucas, Washington fullback Andy Farkas started wearing eye black in 1942. Lucas also cited some studies saying it doesn't work, or work that well ...
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| Eye black pioneer Andy Farkas |
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