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Broncos wore helmet cameras long before GoPro was born

This image of former Broncos quarterback Jacky Lee wearing a HelmetCam during practice in 1965 recently resurfaced (thanks, SportsGrid!) after Uni-Watch reported it in 2008.

This is the GoPro before the GoPro, a camera device developed by General Dynamics, an aerospace and defense company now based in Virginia.

As Uni-Watch pointed out, on the side of the camera helmet is the “GD” logo and full “General Dynamics Astronautics” name.

In the 1950s, General Dynamics acquired Convair-Astronautics, a now-defunct rocket- and aircraft-building company. General Dynamics is now the product of many acquisitions and is one of the world’s largest defense contractors.