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The Ball That Was Kicked Four Times | Sheffield News
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They finally got to peer inside the legendary 1966 World Cup final ball—the one that sailed into the net four times—using 3D X-rays at the National Football Museum in Manchester. Turns out, the damage wasn’t from the match itself, but decades of abuse by Jurgen Haller, son of German star Helmut Haller, who received it as a five-year-old and kicked it around for 30 years. After being bought for £80,000 and displayed for years, the scans now reveal its handmade Yorkshire construction and degraded bladder, turning a historic trophy into a scientific artifact with a wild, unexpected journey—from global championship to childhood toy to modern-day tech analysis.
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