I have only owned one pair of cleats when I played soccer in the 5th grade. Do you know anything about them?
I know cleats provide additional traction to a slippery surface
Right like grass or turf. Besides football and soccer, what other sports do people use cleats to play?
Well athletes have worn cleats since the 1500's, so that would suggest that sports like rugby and baseball have a use for them
Oh yeah I forgot about baseball. What were the ancient cleats made of?
's Great Wardrobe. According to researchers, the English monarch ordered the royal cordwainer (shoemaker), Cornelius Johnson, to make him a pair of hand-stitched boots "to play football". The shoes cost four shillings (about $200 today) and were probably made of especially strong leather.
Football remained a popular sport in England throughout the ensuing centuries, but it wasn’t until the emergence of The Football Association in 1863 that the sport of football emerged as an actual organized game in England. With this
Cleat (shoe)
Cleats or studs are protrusions on the sole of a shoe, or on an external attachment to a shoe, that provide additional traction on a soft or slippery surface. They can be conical or blade-like in shape, and made of plastic, rubber or metal. The type worn depends on the environment of play, whether it be grass, ice, artificial turf, or other grounds.
In American English the term cleats is used synecdochically to refer to shoes featuring such protrusions. Similarly