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Spalding worked with Dr. James Naismith to develop the official basketball and rule book in the 1893–1894. [78] Spalding published guides on Basketball from the 1893–1894 to 1940–1941. [79] The guides were also used by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [80] and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) [81]
Spalding developed its first basketball in 1894 [20] based on the design of a baseball, and is currently a leading producer. Spalding was the official game ball supplier to the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1983 to 2021, when the league reunited with Wilson after 37 years.
In 2002, the company added the Bike Athletic Company and Spalding to its holding. Russell continued its acquisition spree in 2004 by purchasing American Athletic Inc. (AAI), Huffy Corp.'s sports division and Brooks Sports. It also secured an extended contract to provide Spalding and Huffy branded products to the National Basketball Association.
Albert Spalding on a 1871 Boston Red Stockings baseball card.. 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.
Rawlings Sporting Goods is an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Maryland Heights, Missouri.Founded in 1887, Rawlings currently specializes in baseball and softball clothing and equipment, producing gloves, bats, balls, protective gear, batting helmets, uniforms, bags.
Spalding: Spalding was the first company to produce a basketball for official use. Company founder A. G. Spalding made the first dedicated basketball in the last years of the 19th century at the behest of James Naismith. It has produced basketballs since that time and was the NBA's official game ball supplier from 1983 to 2021.
However, Philadelphia Athletics president Benjamin F. Shibe, who had invented and patented [10] the cork centered ball, commented, "I look for the leagues to adopt an 'ivory nut' baseball just as soon as they adopt a ferro-concrete bat and a base studded with steel spikes." Both leagues adopted Shibe's cork-centered ball in 1910.
Charles Harry "Dick" Spalding (October 13, 1893 – February 3, 1950) was an American soccer and baseball player. He played the first two games in the history of the U.S. men's national soccer team and competed in professional soccer for nearly fifteen years, primarily with teams based in Pennsylvania.