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Something about that 1966 ball hits my brain different and I want one.
So what one thinks of as the classic football/soccer ball, and indeed which is depicted as the ⚽️ emoji, is just the Mexico 1970 ball?
The 1970 ball (Adidas Telstar) is pretty iconic because it was specifically designed to be more visible on television broadcasts in the era when most viewers had black-and-white TVs.
I found this on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigil_Nielsen_(footballer,_born_1918):
Eigil Nielsen is credited with creating the common 32-panel football design in 1962 using 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal patches. It quickly became popular when the Adidas Telstar in 1970 became the first football in the World Cup to use the design.
For the Americans:
2022 - Qatar
Looks pretty gay 😏
why does the 62 ball have “crack” written on it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_(ball)
It doesn’t really explain ‘why’ 😅
Neither does this one 🤷♂️: http://soccerballscollection.com/BALL_CRACK_WORLD_CUP_CHILE_1962_CRACK_HISTORY.htm
Some parts of Latin America use crack to refer of someone who is very good at something, started on football but nowadays it’s used with everything, it’s a synonym for superstar, ace, legend, etc.
