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Spalding is an American sports equipment manufacturing company. It was founded by Albert Spalding in Chicago in 1876 as a baseball manufacturer, and is today headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky .
Spalding was a settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the hundred of Elloe and the county of Lincolnshire. [4] It had a recorded population of 91 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in Domesday, and is listed under 3 owners in Domesday Book.
Albert Goodwill Spalding (September 2, 1849 – September 9, 1915) was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company.
Spalding Priory, a small Benedictine house founded as a cell of Croyland Abbey in 1052; Spalding railway station serves the town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, England; Spalding Rockwell is a punk/electro/pop band; Spalding United F.C., a football club based in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England; Spalding University, a private university in Louisville ...
As well as establishing the town of Spalding, first mentioned in a charter by King Æthelbald of Mercia to the monks of Crowland Abbey in 716, they also gave their name to area of Spalding Moor and the village of Spaldington in East Yorkshire. [1] A tribe living in "Spalda" are mentioned in the Tribal Hidage (7th century).
Spalding is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: A. G. Spalding (1850–1915), American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer; Albert Spalding (violinist) (1888–1953), American composer and concert violinist
Spalding University traces its origins to Nazareth Academy, one of the oldest educational institution west of the Alleghenies. [5] Nazareth Academy was founded in 1814 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and was located in Nelson County near Bardstown, Kentucky. [4] Spalding was named after Mother Catherine Spalding, foundress of the Sisters. [4]
Robert Eugene Spalding (born February 10, 1947) is an American musician, composer, arranger, and producer. He is best known for his work with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group [ 1 ] the Ventures and he has appeared on over 40 Ventures albums from 1980 through to the present.