- Adidas Telstar
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Adidas was the official match ball of1970 FIFA World Cup and1974 FIFA World Cup held inMexico andWest Germany .It was painted with black and white panels so it was more visible on black-and-white television, and hence its name which is short for "television star".
Telstar was also a series of TV satellites, providing intercontinental live coverage also of football games.It was the first World Cup ball to use the
truncated icosahedron orbucky ball for its design, consisting of 12 blackpentagon al and 20 whitehexagon al panels, which later became the regular design of a football.Although made of leather, it still had relative water resistant qualities provided by its shiny durlast coating.
The Telstar is considered a
design classic . Although most footballs in actual use today look different, depictions of footballs in drawings such as comic books and caricatures, as well as decorative imitations of footballs, are usually still made in the Telstar look, testifying to its enduring appeal.External links
* [http://www.adidas-group.com/en/bizmedia/WorldCup/ball_history/default.asp Adidas ball history]
* R. B. Fuller's 1961 [http://www.google.com/patents?id=aH9KAAAAEBAJ&dq=3197927 patent] for geodesic structures.
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