Line Plunge by Dick Swift
Line Plunge
Dick Swift
Title
Line Plunge
Artist
Dick Swift
1918 - 2010 (biography)Year
1943
Technique
lithograph
Image Size
6 3/8 x 11 3/16" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
1 of 4
Annotations
"1943 IMP " after signature; titled in lower left
Reference
Paper
antique-white wove
State
pubished
Publisher
Inventory ID
DSW127
Price
$650.00
Description
Done over 70 years ago this lithograph of a goal-line plunge illustrates to some degree, how much football has changed during that time, and also how little has changed during the same time.
These players wear the old leather helmets with no face guards and thin pads, far removed from the specially "safety" designed equipment worn by today's athlete.
What has not changed is the violence, heads colliding, arms and legs flailing and one player has lost his helmet, the result of the rusher's stiff-arm. Despite today's specially designed equipment, training and rule changes this severe impact continues to haunt the players and the game and begs the question, at what point does this game become "safe"?