Crack (ball)
Illustration — Crack, the 1962 ball Crack was a football made by Curtiembres Salvador Caussade as the official match ball for the 1962 FIFA World Cup held in Chile.
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Illustration — Crack, the 1962 ball Crack was a football made by Curtiembres Salvador Caussade as the official match ball for the 1962 FIFA World Cup held in Chile.
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The Crack was made with eighteen panels, twelve hexagonal and six rectangular, and was the last FIFA World Cup ball to not be manufactured by a multinational. Before the 1962 FIFA World Cup, it was used for four years in the Chilean league, and was the first ever World Cup ball to have a regular spherical shape. The Crack was the official ball for the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Referee Ken Aston was unimpressed with it for the opening match, and sent for a European ball, which arrived in the second half. Various matches used different balls, with the rumor European teams didn't trust the locally produced ball.
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- 2.museodefutbol.com. 1962 CRACK - CHILE 62. 8 June 2020.
- 3.20minutos.com.mx (Archived). "Crack", el balón más usado en la Copa del Mundo Chile 1962.
- 4.prensafutbol.cl. Crack fue el primer balón con forma esférica regular.
- 5.soccerballscollection.com. Balón utilizado en el Mundial de Chile en 1962.
- 6.olympics.com. FIFA World Cup footballs over the years: Everything you need to know about Al Rihla and its predecessors.
- 7.fifa.com. La evolución de los balones mundialistas, incluido el Al Rihla.
- 8.theblizzard.co.uk (Archived). Classic Footballs.
- 9.worldcupballs.info. FIFA World Cup 1962 Chile Crack.
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