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cowhide is thicker and stronger

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Q: Why did they change the pigskin to cowhide to make footballs?
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How many footballs can you make from one cow hide?

I think the football is made out of pigskin.


What are the characteristics of the leather used to make footballs?

It's not pigskin if that's what your asking. It's coarse grain cow-hide.


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The 'invention' of football goes back as far as the 11th century in England. During those days the football was an inflated bladder, usually from a pig. This is where the term 'pigskin' came from.


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What is on the outside of a football?

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What sort of people make footballs?

People that make footballs are mainly sports companies; so basically people who work at sports companies!!


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