Post by Coach Campbell on Nov 24, 2002 19:18:01 GMT
The football shoe began in the last quarter of the 19th century as a modified baseball shoe. They where high topped and early football players removed the metal heel and sole plates which were to danerous in a contact sport. By 1881, strips of leather were being sewn across the soles to give traction and, in the 1890's the first true football shoe with permanent cleats appeared.
Made of four pieces of sole leather glued together and nailed to the sole and heel, these cleats were rectangular ridges about an inch long. About 1915 a one piece fibre cleat in the same shape came into use. And in 1921, the interchangeable cone shaped cleat was introduced, though not widely used until the thirties.
Made of four pieces of sole leather glued together and nailed to the sole and heel, these cleats were rectangular ridges about an inch long. About 1915 a one piece fibre cleat in the same shape came into use. And in 1921, the interchangeable cone shaped cleat was introduced, though not widely used until the thirties.