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Perhaps The Beatles' inspiration for the rubber ball came from the Sixties band The Cyrkle and their hit song “Red Rubber Ball.”  Beatles manager Brian Epstein discovered and represented the group, and John Lennon created the band's spelling.

All the kids on the playground wanted to play Four Square with the item most requested – the official Beatles rubber ball. 

Manufactured in the U.S. by Holland Hall Products, Inc., the inflatable rubber ball was 9” in diameter and available in glossy black, translucent brown, translucent orange, or translucent green.  The ball featured a white 5½” oval, which advertised a graphic drawing of the Beatles and facsimile signatures, in red and black ink. Also manufactured was a smaller 6’’ version of the shiny black ball.

The white 5½” oval on the ball was later manufactured as a stand-alone sticker in the Eighties, although some research points to these being the actual before-market labels for the ball.

Holland Hall Products of Stamford, Connecticut, also manufactured an improved ball, designed as an ‘All Rubber Play Ball,’ for the U.S. market and touted for ‘beach, pool, backyard fun.’  After inflated, the green, pink, or yellow ball measured 14” in diameter and included an additional selling point – a ring lip on the side for the designated ball handler to grasp.  The header card attached to the retail package read: ‘©NEMS Enterprises Ltd. Manufactured exclusively for Seltaeb Inc.’ and brandished the band’s cheeky poses atop an orange oval.

Holland Hall Products, Inc

Holland Hall Products, Inc. was named in a NEMS Enterprises, Ltd. v. Seltaeb, Incorporated lawsuit filed in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department, dated July 6, 1965, in New York, New York.

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