Its appearance is identical to a basketball

As you can see on the picture above, the ball was inflated by a sewing with laces. So it was possible to access the valve in order to inflate the ball.

 

Soccer players from the beginning of the 20th century, wearing those typical soccer uniforms. Their dress is very striking to date.

Here we see an exact replica.

This replica represents another design from that time. We see that the stitching is exactly like a basketball.

We see that the ball was made of 8 panels sewn which joined in the two poles of the ball.