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07-06-2011, 10:57 AM #1Senior Member
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Unusual Pete Rozelle NFL football
What's unusual about this ball? Answer in next post.
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07-06-2011, 11:00 AM #2Senior Member
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Re: Unusual Pete Rozelle NFL football
Spalding?
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07-06-2011, 11:00 AM #3Senior Member
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Re: Unusual Pete Rozelle NFL football
OK, not the toughest question. Spalding instead of Wilson.
The seller said it came from a missed kick at the Big Sombrero in Tampa in 1979. I'm not sure I believe that. But it is unusual, isn't it? Can anyone explain how Spalding came to produce a ball that's virtually identical to the official Wilson balls? Thanks for info.
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07-07-2011, 12:11 AM #4Senior Member
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Re: Unusual Pete Rozelle NFL football
Ha, I almost bid on this when it was at $9.99, just because it was so weird. I couldn't find anything in my cursory research as to why TB would be using Spalding balls instead of Wilson, so my only guess is that it might be a sample from Spalding that somehow made it to the field (or not...).
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