Type of football boots worn by certain Malaysian football legends

     Many of us did not know what kind of boots worn by these Malaysian football legends. Thefore today we want to share some of the knowledge that we have discovered:-

     Unfortunately "Broadway" boots brand photo cannot be found. But it was dicovered that these Broadway boots were used by the legendary Abdul Ghani Minhat and Zulkifli Norbit in the 1960's. These Broadway boots was locally made in Singapore, all leathered boots and the studs were covered with leather.

Puma King 1968

Puma King 1970

    Puma King boots, the most well known boots from Puma has been worn by world legends such as Eusebio, Pele and Johan Cruyff. These boots were also very well known among Malaysian football legends and being worn by them such as Shaharudin Abdullah, Zulkifli Norbit and Mokhtar Dahari.

Adidas Copa Mundial

Adidas World Cup 1978

    These two Adidas boots were among the greatest and legendary boots that can beat the famous Puma King boots popularity.They were worn by Malaysian football legends too such as Mokhtar Dahari and Zulkifli Norbit. However, for Malaysian football legend namely Wong Kam Fook, he worn Adidas World Cup boots that have steel studs. In his opinion as a goalkeeper, the steel studs from Adidas World Cup boots have the best grips and suitable for goalkeeper.

Olympic Munich 1972

Shaharuddin Abdullah

    When Malaysia football team qualified for the Olympic Munich 1972, there was an interesting story about Adidas boots. During that time Adidas boots popularity were lesser than Puma King boots. All these because of the Adidas three stripes stitched on the side of the boots have created uncomfortable grip to the players foot when they worn the boots. Many Malaysian football players at that time cut off the stripes in order to loose the grip and make sure the boots more comfortable. The same thing happened to Shaharuddin Abdullah, a Malaysian football legend when he was on training in Munich for Olympic Games. One of the Adidas top management came to watch Malaysian team training and found out Shaharuddin was wearing Adidas boots with no three stripes that was cut off by him. He was asked by that Adidas top managemnet why he did so. Shaharuddin said that he cut off the three stripes because he wants to loose the grip and have more accuracy in kicking the ball. Then, the Adidas top management invited all Malaysian football players to come to Adidas warehouse in Munich for tomorrow and picked any pair of football boots that they want for free. When the day come, each Malaysian football players picked one pair of Adidas boots for their usage.

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