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Eye black is a grease applied under the eyes to reduce glare. It is often used by baseball and American football players, where sunlight or stadium lights can impair vision of an airborne ball. Eyeblack has been used for centuries to help reduce the glare of the sun. Traditional grease consists of beeswax, paraffin, and carbon. Anti-glare stickers that emulate the grease are also manufactured, sometimes with a sports team logo printed on. According to Paul Lukas of ESPN.com, the earliest known instance of a player wearing eye black is Washington Redskins fullback Andy Farkas, who apparently came up with the idea on his own in 1942. He also goes on to say that the original eye black was made from burned cork ashes.
If you find yourself in need of eye black and you have no traditional grease, burned cork ashes or anti-glare stickers, you have to improvise.
Green sharpie markers will also do the job. Just ask Jack.
Note to reader: This picture was taken after I did my best at scrubbing it off.
2 comments:
And this is the boy that never causes trouble? I love ya kid!
Nice work Jack!
By the way, we found at our house that rubbing alcohol does a nice job of removing lines drawn on your face with a Sharpie. In all colors.
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