December 16th, 2009, 05:26 PM
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Re: the colour of the ball
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Originally Posted by karlafong
As far as the color, I think that just came from being made of leather. Although I have seen pictures of the early night games (again, back in the 1940s-1950s) when the ball was white, to make it more visible.
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In rugby it's been the other way around. The ball was originally dark brown, then in the late 1970s it changed to white - to aid television coverage. |
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