Filed under: Soccer Balls: The Facts, Soccer Trivia | Tags: buckminster, buckyball, soccer balls, soccer history, Soccer Trivia
So how did the modern design of a soccer ball come about? well check this out…
It seems an American architect named Richard Buckminster Fuller came up with the soccer ball design when he was trying to find a way for constructing buildings. How do buildings end up soccer balls? Seems it’s all about the shape.
Buckminster Soccer Ball or BuckyBall as it is also called is a ball exterior that is made up of a series of hexagons, pentagons and triangles. These Buckyball Geometric shapes can actually be sewn together to make a round surface when inflated. The modern football is essentially a Buckminster Ball consisting of 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal surfaces. After the geometric shapes get sewn together and the inside inflated, we get the round soccer ball we are so used to.
