This is video of a soccer game played between two towns in Germany, in 1978.
This was a common, friendly town event, that occurred often in Germany in the 1970s.
Various types of soccer games were played, including Grümpelturnier and Kostümfußball.
Why is this important, you ask?
Beginning in the mid 1960s (1966-1967), rubber soccer balls started be used. These are not ordinary rubber soccer balls. These are polyurethane rubber soccer balls. Polyurethane rubber was a soft, leather like rubber. Many had latex bladders in them. This combination made these balls very soft and responsive, for better control. Many players didn't like them, while others did.
These soccer balls were great for training purposes, when the pitch was going to be wet and muddy, and for town events (like in this video).
These type of rubber soccer balls got used a lot throughout Germany, and so many of them became extremely worn, they just got tossed out.
I'm hoping, and wishing, that by putting this video up, I will be able to find a few of these old, beat rubber soccer balls, that were all over Germany in the mid 1960s and 1970s.
I don't care if they are badly worn, have all sorts of "game wear", or even flat.
I just want to find them. Not all of them were thrown away, and these are the ones I'm trying to find.
I have included in the video, what these old soccer balls might look like to day.
Here's a run down of what I'm looking for..
Full size
PU rubber carcass
match/game used
Old-vintage (1960s/1970s)
They do not need to hold air.
The can have lots of game wear
No dry rot. Rubber must still be soft.
I will offer to anyone who has one, up to 1000€ for each ball
Please share this video with anyone you know that either played in Germany or who might still have one or more.