Abstract: The present invention provides a padded, flexible football glove which includes a wrist protecting portion and a hand protecting portion. The hand protecting portion is provided with individual elastic finger and thumb receptacles. The finger receptacles are connected via a common restraining strip of material to restrain excessive stretching of the finger receptacles while the thumb receptacle is provided with its own restraining strip. The thumb pad is webbed to the finger pad to limit the movement of the thumb pad. The glove is further provided with a plurality of transverse flexible joints to permit its flexing and securing means at both the hand protecting portion and the wrist protecting portion to secure the glove in position.