does anyone know who invented soccer ball?
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Most of the early references to the game speak simply of "ball play" or "playing at ball". This reinforces the idea that the games played at the time did not necessarily involve a ball being kicked. The first clear reference to football was not recorded until 1409, when King Henry IV of England issued an edict to ban it. In 1424, King James I of Scotland also attempted to ban the playing of "fute-ball". However, the first clear reference to a ball being used did not occur until 1486.[3]\n\nThe first reference to football in Ireland occurs in the Statute of Galway of 1527, which allowed the playing of football and archery but banned "hokie' — the hurling of a little ball with sticks or staves" as well as other sports. (The earliest recorded football match in Ireland was one between Louth and Meath, at Slane, in 1712.)
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Over 90% of the world's soccer balls are made in Pakistan.\nSource-SAMM
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what does this have to do with soccer
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There don't seem to be a noteable person who discovered rubber in history. Visit this website to read more http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/rubber_2.htm\n\nIt was something like Fire! Who knows who created fire! By cavemen.\n\nHere is an excerpt from an article: \nANCIENT RUBBER \n\n\nUntil recently modern thinkers believed rubber originated in 19th century Europe. According to a Tech Talk article published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday, July 14, 1999, Professor Dorothy Hosler, Assistant Professor Sandra Burkett and an undergraduate named Michael Tarkanian learned that the Mayan people in ancient Mesoamerica made and used rubber as long ago as 1600 BCE. \n\n\nThe ancient Mayan people used latex to make rubber balls, hollow human figures, and as bindings used to secure axe heads to their handles and other functions. Latex is the sap of various plants, most notably the rubber tree. When it is exposed to the air it hardens into a springy mass. The Mayans learned to mix the rubber sap with the juice from morning glory vines so that it became more durable and elastic, and didn't get quite as brittle. Both the rubber tree and the morning glory were important plants to the Mayan people- the latter being a hallucinogen as well as a healing herb. They two plants tended to grow close together. Combining their juices, a black substance about the texture of a gum-type pencil eraser was formed. \n\n\nThe rubber balls were about the size of a beach ball and weighed over 15 pounds (7 kilograms). These were used in an important ritual game called Tlachtlic. The game was a cross between football and basketball, but had religious significance as recorded in the Popul Vuh, a Mayan religious document. Spanish invaders in the sixteenth century reported that the game also involved gambling for various possessions including land and slaves. It is believed that the game ended in a human sacrifice at least some of the time. Versions of the game were played in the middle American region ranging from southern Arizona to northern South America. Native peoples in the region still make rubber in the same way. \n\nRead more here: http://lala.essortment.com/historyofrubbe_rcml.htm
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It was Socrates from Brazil. He has a brother that also played for the Brazilian nation team... "Rai".
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Never heard of "word soccer."  Sorry, can't help you.  :(
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Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols claimed to have invented the Pogo in 1976. In A Hard Days Night, you can see Ringo dancing the Pogo in 1964.  Of course, some Pentecostals and African tribes have been pogoing for years before that. I can't  find a reference to an Olympian inventing it. Peter Mueller won the gold in the 1,000 meters, so he must be the one your looking for.
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James Nesmith.  The guy that invented basketball invented all basketball.
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soccer because I never heard of speed ball
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The origins of football (soccer) are thought to be over 2000 years old. Indeed, in 2004, football's governing body FIFA officially acknowledged that China was the birthplace of football, when people played the sport of cuju around 200 BC. The rules would be changed over time into the sport played today.\n\nIt was widely play in england from middle ages (the origins are allegedly roman, but no one knows for sure), but it wasn't until 1848 the first set of rules resembling the modern game were produced at Trinity College, Cambridge. This is considered as the birth of modern football.
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According to the web site below, David Belle and Sebastien Foucan created the sport. \n\nLots of info at the site below ( in english and french)
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>>>Rob L is correct!!!\nSport Organisation for Collective Contributions and Equal Rights (SOCCER) is anacronym created in South Africa and it has NOTHING to do with the origin of soccer (the game).\nSee this pages:\n\nhttp://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-12175.html\nhttp://electionresources.org/za/provinces.php?election=1994\n\n and search for the word "soccer".
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Soccer it was invented in Egypt and since than it has been around. Plus its played all over the world and it is worshiped by most nations except USA.
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ADIDAS:\n\nAdidas was officially appointed by FIFA to produce the balls for Mexico 1970. It had to be visible on the black and white television screens of the time, so the ball was formed by 12 black pentagons panels and 20 white hexagons. It was the roundest ball that had been produced until then.
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Soccer is an Amarican word. It was presumably invented because the Americans invented their own football which is a totally different game.
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soccer was invented by britishers and may i know what kind of a game is gulf???
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I luv soccer.And the person who said "its called foot ball"is worng cuz its spelt fute ball.