Soccer Cleats

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Soccer Cleats

• By David Venegas

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1800s

• Players would wear their hard, leather work
  boots, with steal toe.
• Have metal studs or tacks hammered into them to
  increase ground grip and stability.

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1900s to 1940s

• Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory
• Had 6 or 7 replaceable, nailed studs, which could
  be changed according to the weather conditions of
  play.

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The 1940 and 1960s

• More flexible football boot being worn by the
  South Americans.
• Producing a lighter boots with the focus on
  kicking, controlling the ball and protection.

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Creation of the Puma boots

• Brother Rudolf
• Interchangeable screw in studs made of plastic or
  rubber.

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The 1960s

• Lower cut design.
• This change allowed players to move faster and
  saw the likes of Pele wearing Puma football boots
  in the 1962 World Cup Finals.

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1990s

• Most significantly the nineties saw the entry of
  Nike, the worlds biggest sportswear producer

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2000

• New Producers as Mizuno, Diadora, Lotto, Hummel
  and Nomis