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Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (born 1850)

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Albert Spalding

American pitcher, manager, and business executive (1850–1915)

Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois, yet graduated from Rockford Central High School in…
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Spalding (company)

Sporting goods company

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. It sells softballs through its subsidiary Dudley Sports. In the past, Spalding…
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