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Jamie Spencer

Why Was the World’s Oldest Soccer Ball on Display at Scotland vs. Brazil?

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Scotland’s World Cup Group C meeting with Brazil in Miami on Wednesday featured a special guest. But not a person, rather an artefact that is at the very heart of soccer history.

The world’s oldest soccer ball made the 4,300-mile journey from Stirling in central Scotland—the Stirling Smith Art Gallery—to the Coral Gables Museum in South Florida.

The ball dates from the mid-16th century and, in addition to being part of the Diplomacy and the Beautiful Game: From Scotland to Brazil to Haiti exhibition in the museum, a 20-minute ride west of downtown Miami, it was shown at Scotland vs. Brazil at Hard Rock Stadium.

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