An old soccer ball. / Imagebroker/IMAGO 8 ... Arthur Wharton became soccer’s first-ever professional Black player when he signed for English team Rotherham Town in 1889. Arthur Wharton.

Germany managed to win the FIFA World Cup in 1954 with a leather ball, which was also in use upon the foundation of the Bundesliga in 1963. The first real revolution in soccer ball history came at ...