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The evolution of eye black

By Paul Lukas
Special to Page 2

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

"C'mere," motioned the Pop Warner coach, a Zippo lighter in one hand and a cork in the other. He ignited the former, held it to the latter, and then rubbed the resulting blackened char on his 11-year-old player's cheekbones. Such was a young Uni Watch's first experience with eye black. The burnt-cork method was pretty common back in those days, but only the most hardcore of old-school players would go that route today. Nowadays you've got a choice between grease sticks and adhesive stickers, bo ...

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