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they are made of pigskin stillThe football was originally made of pigskin, for no other reason than that pigskin was easily available, tough, and waterproof.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 kick

They were never really made of pig skin. They just looked like it.

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Q: Why are footballs made out of leather and not some other material?
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