Post by Coach Campbell on Jan 9, 2005 6:22:01 GMT
Coach Campbell
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The football shoe began in the last quarter of the 19th Century as a modified baseball shoe. They where high topped and early players removed the metal heel and sole plates which where to dangerous in a contact sport. By 1881, strips of leather were being sewn across the soles to give traction and, in the 1880's the first true football shoe with permanent cleats appreared. The leather cleat was 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 interchangable cone shaped cleat was introduced, though not widely used until the thirties.
Senior Member
Posts: 2579
The football shoe began in the last quarter of the 19th Century as a modified baseball shoe. They where high topped and early players removed the metal heel and sole plates which where to dangerous in a contact sport. By 1881, strips of leather were being sewn across the soles to give traction and, in the 1880's the first true football shoe with permanent cleats appreared. The leather cleat was 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 interchangable cone shaped cleat was introduced, though not widely used until the thirties.
