Adidas Telstar
The 1970 World Cup ball with black and white panels, so that it showed up on television.
The 1970 World Cup in Mexico was the first broadcast live on television around the world. Adidas made a ball with black and white panels that showed up well on black-and-white television.
The name came from the Telstar satellite, which the ball resembled. The black-and-white ball of 32 panels became the image of a football for the whole world.
Materials: Leather, rubber bladder
Manufacture: Made by Adidas for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico; hand-stitched from 32 panels.
The twelve black pentagons and twenty white hexagons.
The almost round shape made of 32 panels.
The Adidas name and Telstar on the ball.