According to the Football Bible, the first soccer ball was invented by ancient civilizations about 3000 years ago. The Chinese, Aztec and Mayan Indians and Egyptians came up with their own balls made up of different materials, such as stuffed animal skin, latex from the rubber tree, seeds wrapped in linen or hair wrapped in linen.

    

       In the middle ages in the Medieval Europe they used pig bladder to make the ball.

In 1855 the first round soccer ball was made by Charles Goodyear by applying a new method of treating rubber called "vulcanization". Later in order to make it less easy to puncture, they added a leather exterior that made the ball stronger and more sphere like.

   In 1872, the English Football Association (FA) declared that the official ball should be spherical and its circumference should be between 27 and 28 inches, with a weight of between 14 and 16 oz. This is the standard that still remains today.            
     In 1888 after the establishment of the English Footbal League, the mass production of leather soccer balls were spurred.

    As an anecdote, during the 1930 cup, Argentina and Uruguay could not agree on which ball to use for the final match. So was decided to use the Argentinian ball during the first half, which ended 2-1 in favor of Argentina, and with the Uruguayan ball in the second half which ended the game 4-2 in favor of Uruguay, using their ball.

    For the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Adidas introduced the Brazuca ball. The name was selected after over a million fan´s votes in Brazil.
    New balls are already being developed with amazing technology. A ball named Ctrus will need no air, and will change colors when the ball is out of bounds or when it crosses the goal line.

Somе of the latest soccer ball (from 1930 to 2014) are shown bellow.


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