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Ball, Soccer

Object number2015.43.1

Manufacturer Umbro

Datec. 1985

OriginKorea

MediumFabric/Rubber/Ink

Credit LineGift of Vicki Marbut

DescriptionBlack and white soccer ball signed by Spirit soccer team members. Ball has network of white hexagons and black pentagons. Maker's marks and product text on eight of the shape fields. Sixteen signatures, some with player numbers, in black ink on sixteen of the white hexagons.Dimensions8.75 in. (22.2 cm)
InscriptionsSixteen signatures, some with player numbers, in black ink on sixteen of the white hexagons including:
#1 Joe Papaleo
#4 Bob Vosmaer
#6 David Hoggan
#8 David McNiven
#9 Roger Wynter
#12 Paul Child
#13 Stan [Stanislaw] Terlecki
#14 Kevin Maher
#15 Mario Leite
#16 Greg [Grzegorz] Ostalczyk
#17 Erhardt Kapp
#18 Zdzislaw Kapka
#20 Adam Topolski
#21 Piotr Mowlik
#22 Charley Greene
One signature is unidentified, but initials may be I.S.?
MarksMaker's marks and product text on eight of the shape fields including:
in black "[logo] / umbro / TITAN / GUARANTEED / FOR / ONE SEASON";
in black "TITAN";
in black "umbro";
in red on a blue field "SIZE / 5";
in black and red "OFFICIAL / FIFA / APPROVED / SIZE AND WEIGHT";
in gold on black field [umbro logo];
in white as an applied sticker "SAMSON";
and in black "MOISTEN NEEDLE / INFLATE 6-8 LBS / KOREA".
Historical NotesPittsburgh Spirit soccer ball signed by approximately 16 members of the team, circa 1985. The donor, Vicki Marbut, went to the game with a friend who knew Spirit soccer player Dave Hoggan's wife. They went on "Ball Day" and that is how they received the ball. After the game they went to the "Igloo" bar inside the Civic Arena and she had all the players sign the ball.

Related institution Pittsburgh Spirit

Related person Zdzislaw Kapka

Related person Charley Greene

Related person Paul Child (born 1952)

Related person Adam Topolski

Related person Grzegorz Ostalczyk

Related person David Hoggan

Related person Bob Vosmaer

Related person Piotr Mowlik

Related person Mario Leite

Related person David McNiven

Related person Erhardt Kapp (born 1959)