Here is the Rarest and most extinct of the antique footballs. This 1880-1910 style
W aterMelon Football is much larger than any football in the modern era.
It was used exclusively for the earliest games of football, where there was no
passing. Where there was only laterals and dropkicking. It was the large
ball used in the famous flying wedge days. Much larger than any other football - with a length of over
12 1/5 inches and with a large circumference of over 25 inches around.
These type balls were used in the 1880s even before the leather football helmet. This rare ball was eliminated around 1913 with the first NCAA passing football changes . . . that madethe ball smaller for pasing.
(see our first passing ball which we also sell) But , the above pictured large, beautiful, antique style football is of fine leather and hand stitched and hand sewn . Use it to dropkick and latteral but remember No Passing !!
Regular Retail $119 $79