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Object name(s):
Football Boots
Brief description:
Manufactured by ‘Winit’ Sports Footwear, these football boots are made almost entirely from leather, including the studs on the soles! These size 4 examples were discovered in a dusty cupboard at Heathfield Primary School, just prior to its relocation to a new site. An early example of this type of sports footwear, they probably date from between the First and Second World Wars. Since the first international matches – between England and Scotland in the 1870s – football has become the most popular global sport with an estimated audience of 1.5 billion watching the 2022 World Cup Final between France and Argentina.
Collection:
Newton Abbot Museum
Associated concept:
Costume
Dimension:
250mm×81mm×120mm
Object name:
Football Boots
Object number:
2005.24
Reproduction number:
boots.jpg
Right note:
image belongs to Newton Abbot Museum, not to be reproduced without permission
Text:
if you would like to find out more about any of the items in our collection, you can contact the museum via our website: https://museum-newtonabbot.org.uk/
Text reason:
Museum website

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5dd875ba-d657-373d-8e65-22212dd34665

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5dd875ba-d657-373d-8e65-22212dd34665, Newton Abbot Museum, CC BY-NC

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