Great Designs of Soccer Shoes in the Past - By: Michel Elve

The First Football Boots. According to historical data, the first football boots appeared in 1526. Certainly, at that time, nobody prepared football boots to play football. The first football boots were written into history because the shoes' owner was not a common person. He was the second king of Tudor dynasty, Henry VIII. He liked weapons, sports and hunting. In April, 2009, there was an activity in London Tower. This activity showed one football of his. Henry VIII used 8 shillings to finish the first great soccer shoes, which was significant to this world. From then on, we know "soccer shoes".
Football Boots' First Step. In the second half of 19th century, football experienced an important Chaussures de Foot ADIDAS modern phase. On 26, October, 1863, British people created the first football association, England Football Association. It was in Fremasson Hotel of Queen Street. On 21, May, 1904, FIFA was founded. Football game had its own regulations. From the 20th century, soccer shoes were made extensively. Gola, Valsport, Hummel were earliest brands in the world. Gola's first completely manual leather shoes were made in 1905. They are in Gola's museum until now. The first half of 20th century can be thought was the beginning of soccer shoes.
Replaceable Spike. In the middle of 20th century, German's two brothers changed the definition of soccer shoes, and they produced Adidas and Puma. They were Dassler brothers. They also invented replaceable spike. Shoes and spikes can be separate. Then football players can change different spikes according to different environments. They tried and innovated on the designs of football boots. In 1929, AdiDassler invented the first soccer shoes.
Appearance. The earliest soft and light football boots in the history was made by Adidas firm. The shoes had nylon's spikes and they were revolutionary breakthrough. Then people followed this mode to design football boots. In 1958, most players put on Adidas's shoes, and Puma got a great success because of Pele and Eusebio. Puma King in 1968 and Adidas Copa Mundial in 1979 were best sellers in the world. We can see the brothers' contributions to soccer shoes.
Shock Absorption. In 1970s and 1980s, Umbro, Lotto, Diadora, Reebok, Asics and Mizuno came into market, and they got success. Nike, as the newest corporation, got an amazing success in the market. In 1978, air mattress and shock mitigation appeared in the soccer shoes. Nike Corporation predominated on shock mitigation, and it invented Zoom technique. Puma designed shoes for Pires with Cell technique.
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