Crack (ball)
Crack was a football made by Curtiembres Salvador Caussade as the official match ball for the 1962 FIFA World Cup held in Chile.[1]
Ball
[edit]The Crack was made with eighteen rectangular panels, twelve hexagonal and six rectangular, and was the last FIFA World Cup ball to not be manufactured by a multinational.[2][3] 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.[4]
The Crack was the official ball for the 1962 FIFA World Cup.[5][6] Referee Ken Aston was unimpressed with it for the opening match, and sent for a European ball, which arrived in the second half.[7] Various matches used different balls, with the rumor European teams didn't trust the locally produced ball.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ ""CRACK". 1962 CHILE WORLD CUP OFFICIAL MATCHBALL". balones-oficiales.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 2012-04-02.
- ^ "1962 CRACK - CHILE 62". museodefutbol.com. 8 June 2020.
- ^ ""Crack", el balón más usado en la Copa del Mundo Chile 1962". 20minutos.com.mx (Archived). Archived from the original on 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Crack fue el primer balón con forma esférica regular". prensafutbol.cl.
- ^ "Balón utilizado en el Mundial de Chile en 1962". soccerballscollection.com.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup footballs over the years: Everything you need to know about Al Rihla and its predecessors". olympics.com.
- ^ "La evolución de los balones mundialistas, incluido el Al Rihla". fifa.com.
- ^ "Classic Footballs". theblizzard.co.uk (Archived). Archived from the original on 2018-06-22.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup 1962 Chile Crack". worldcupballs.info.