1950
The soccer ball was invented around 1681
Cause no one wants to kick a heavy leather ball around all day.
Soccer balls Originally it was made from an inflated pigs bladder with a leather casing. Nowadays the pigs bladder has been replaced by a rubber balloon. Although leather is still a common material for the exterior, the top balls are made from a variety of synthetic leathers, plastics and latex in order to provide a good shape and to create a ball that swerves and can be controlled easily by the players.
Women's soccer is in a different league to the men's soccer. Women use a soccer ball that is the same size as the men's soccer ball.
regular everyday soccer ball has 32 leather panels. 20 of these leather panels are regular hexagons, while the other 12 leather panels are pentagons
1965
A Gaelic Football ball is a leather ball, similar to the ball used in soccer.
in 1731
England
In 1855, Charles Goodyear designed and built the first rubber soccer ball.
Charles Goodyear
1972
When basketball was invented, the ball used was a soccer ball.
The leather or synthetic material soccer balls were invented to fly straighter, to be lighter and to be bouncier than the earlier balls which were pigs bladders.
There are still leather balls used in rugby matches.
soccor used to be played with a goats bladder, then a leather ball filled with cloth, and now a soccor ball.