Pre-Adidas World Cup match ball

FIFA World Cup 1938 France

Allen

About this Ball

As we could see in the 1934 World Cup, the host nation Italy supplied the official balls for the tournament and this practice did not change in the 1938 FIFA World Cup either. There was a French company called „Allen” who had already produced footballs for the French Cup competitions and other international meetings in the 1920’s, therefore this Paris based company became the supplier of the official footballs for the French World Cup as well.

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This is the vintage advertisement of the Coupe du Monde Allen Officiel 1938 FIFA World Cup ball

The 1938 FIFA World Cup final match between Italy and Hungary where the Allen football can be seen

You can observe the Allen ball on the ground before the final game of the 1938 FIFA World Cup

Just before the kick off in the 1938 World Cup final match with the Allen advertisement. (Meazza has lead Italy for their second World Cup victory against Hungary)

Another match of the 1938 FIFA World Cup with the Allen advertisement as the official football of the World Cup in France

World Cup Finals, 1938. Paris, France. 9th June, 1938. Switzerland 1 v Germany 1. Swiss captain (right) meets the German captain before the game.

The French team with the Allen ball for the 1938 FIFA World Cup

This is a vintage Allen ball from a private collection in a very good condition

This is a dark vintage Allen ball from another private collection

Here is the front side of the previous vintage Allen ball

And here is another vintage Allen ball from a private collection as well

You can see this ball from another side. Unfortunately we do not know the exact color of the original balls from the 1938 World Cup because all the footage and photos that are available are black and white, but here you could see some examples of vintage Allen balls

This is another vintage Allen ball with replaced laces from a private collection

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