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Pre-Adidas World Cup match ball FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland Swiss World Champion - www.worldcupballs.info
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adidas on Twitter: "1953, Argentinia Who would have thought that screw-in-studs on lightweight football boots would help write history? When the German national team faced the unbeatable Hungarians in the 1954
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Original football boot by Helmut Rahn from 1954, German Football Museum, Dortmund, Germany, Europe Stock Photo - Alamy
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Autographed 1954 Adidas World Cup Football Shoes Miniature - Etsy Sweden | Football shoes, Football boots, Adidas football
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