Figure 1.-- Brown Owl School is a state primary school in Upper Hut, a town about 30 km from Wellington (New Zealand). We have here a photo of the soccer team in 1973. The main sport in New Zealand is rugby, but also soccer has its supporters. |
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Brown Owl School is a state primary school in Upper Hut, a town about 30 km from Wellington (New Zealand). We have here a photo of the soccer team in 1973. The main sport in New Zealand is rugby, but also soccer has its supporters. The New Zealand national team is consistently a major competitor. The boys in the photo are wearing white soccer shorts. Someone wear jerseys with white collars, someone without collars. They are not wearing uniform socks and shoes. Someone wear knee-socks, others ankle-socks. Also the colors seem different. The second boy from left in the front row probably is wearing soccer shoes with plastic studs (professional shoes had metal studs). The second boy from right wears sneakers, the first one is barefoot. The others boys seem wearing their everyday shoes. I don't know how they played. In New Zealand rugby is often played in bare feet by young boys, but I don't know if the same happened with soccer. (In 1950 the India National team asked for playing barefoot during the FIFA World Cup, but they were not allowed. India gave up participating to the competition).
The boys have a leather ball. The present-day white (or black and white) ball was used the first time in 1970 during the FIFA World Cup of Mexico. Here the boys have the traditional brown ball.
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