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This is because the first ever football was made out of pigskin.
The first football was made out of pigskin
The term pigskin refers to football since the first footballs were made from pig skin. For example, tossing the pigskin.
AnswerThe first sports balls were made with leather or pigskin.
Back then it was made of pigskin and people called "tossing around the ol' pigskin." But today it is made of leather.
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pigskin
In the sport of football, the slang-term 'pigskin' is used. This is due to the fact that the first balls were made out of natural materials, such as inflated pig bladder.
In the sport of American football, the balls were first made from inflated pig bladder which was then put in a leather cover. The US started to use the slang-term, pigskin.
Not todays footballs, however in the early ages of football, the ball was made of pigskin
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they are made of pigskin stillThe football was originally made of pigskin, for no other reason than that pigskin was easily available, tough, and waterproof. they are made of leather to be light and easy to kickThey were never really made of pig skin. They just looked like it.