littletoolshed , 7 hours ago I found this on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigil_Nielsen_(footballer,_born_1918): Eigil Nielsen is credited with creating the common 32-panel football design in 1962 using 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal patches. It quickly became popular when the Adidas Telstar in 1970 became the first football in the World Cup to use the design.
I found this on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigil_Nielsen_(footballer,_born_1918):
Eigil Nielsen is credited with creating the common 32-panel football design in 1962 using 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal patches. It quickly became popular when the Adidas Telstar in 1970 became the first football in the World Cup to use the design.