1970

Adidas Telstar (Mexico 1970)

Origin of the name: The name "Telstar" comes from the famous satellite launched in the 60s.

Design: The ball consists of 32 panels, 20 white hexagons and 12 black pentagons, completely made of genuine leather.

Innovation: The colors allowed the ball to be visible from longer distances, this change was dedicated for TV viewers.

Legacy: This ball forever marked the history of soccer balls, its design became very popular to the point that any brand can copy the design of this ball, when a person thinks of a soccer ball (even if this individual does not know anything about soccer) the first design that would come to mind is a classic black and white pattern design, Captain Tsubasa is just one of several audiovisual productions that show this ball.

Fun fact: The units used in Mexico 70 did not have a single logo, those that had titles were the ones that were sold to the public and the following reproductions since the Law in the world required the country manufacturing and the registered trademark.

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