Football Archaeology

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Today's Tidbit... How Early Football Players Saved Their Soles
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Football Archaeology
May 25, 2022

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Before John Riddell invented interchangeable football spikes, the local cobbler saved football players' soles by tacking leather bars underfoot.

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