Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who invented the first footballs with rubber bladders

  1. Thomas H. Smith

  2. Richard Lindon

  3. William Horman

  4. Richard Mulcaster
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Explanation

Richard Lindon is credited with inventing the first footballs with rubber inflatable bladders in the 1860s, working at Rugby School. He developed this design after the original pig's bladder balls proved unsatisfactory. The rubber bladder allowed for more consistent shape and bounce. Thomas H. Smith, William Horman, and Richard Mulcaster were earlier figures associated with football but did not invent the rubber bladder version.

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