The company was one of the first to use high-profile athletes to endorse its products when tennis player Pancho Gonzales was signed to an exclusive endorsement contract in 1951. Wilson will manufacture the NBA, WNBA and NBA G League game balls using the same materials, eight-panel configuration and performance specifications as current game balls and will also source the same leather currently used in the NBA. The NBA and its players will work jointly with Wilson to develop and approve the new game ball." Spalding has manufactured balls for baseball, softball, American football, soccer, volleyball, tennis, and golf. For a brief period in the 1980s, Spalding was also a designer of aftermarket automotive wheels. Georgia | EuroBasket 2015 – PHOTO GALLERY". eurobasket2015.org. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015 . Retrieved October 22, 2015. Callaway Golf Beats Out Adidas To Buy Top-Flite". New York Times. September 5, 2003 . Retrieved May 23, 2011.

REA History". robertedwardauctions.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021 . Retrieved December 15, 2020. Young, Jabari (May 13, 2020). "NBA drops Spalding as maker of official basketball after more than 30 years". CNBC. Archived from the original on June 1, 2021. The partnership will tip off at different times by league. The NBA Wilson game ball will first be used during the league's 75th anniversary season in 2021-22. The other debuts will be during the 2022 WNBA season, 2021-22 NBA G League season, 2021 NBA 2K League season and the inaugural BAL season. Buffalo Courier". Newspapers.com. Buffalo, NY. October 30, 1892. p.7. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021 . Retrieved October 23, 2020. Spalding 2017 online catalog". Archived from the original on July 27, 2018 . Retrieved April 1, 2017.Business: Spalding". Time. time.com. February 18, 1929. Archived from the original on November 28, 2007 . Retrieved May 23, 2011.

Hungary | FIBA EuroBasket 2017". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017 . Retrieved March 22, 2017. Main article: Spalding Athletic Library Wrap cover of Spalding's Athletic Library Baseball: Base Ball, published in 1911. The company commercialized a large variety of sports publications between the end of the 19th century to the 1910s State, New Jersey Dept of (1892). Corporations of New Jersey: List of Certificates Filed in the Department of State During the Year ... MacCrellish & Quigley.

The Allies' Billion-dollar Secret: The Proximity Fuze of World War II". HistoryNet. October 19, 2020. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021 . Retrieved August 23, 2021. Sandomir, Richard (June 29, 2006). "N.B.A. Is Getting a Grip on a New Synthetic Game Ball". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012 . Retrieved May 23, 2011. LinWeber, Ralph E. "Baseball Guides Galore". research.sabr.org. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021 . Retrieved December 11, 2020.

The first book published was Life and Battles of James J. Corbett, Volume 1, Number 1 in 1892. The book includes stories of Corbett's past opponents. The first book was published under: Spalding's Athletic Library, American Sports Publishing Company, New York. [22] The editor of the first book was Richard K. Fox, and Corbett was referred to as the California Wonder. [23]Arkansas Baseball". Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021 . Retrieved December 15, 2020.

Successful Men". The History Box. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021 . Retrieved October 23, 2020.Horween Leather Company. encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013 . Retrieved March 26, 2013. Prior to the AFL–NFL merger, Spalding produced the American Football League's ball, the J5V (or J5-V), which was 1⁄ 4in (0.64cm) narrower and 1⁄ 4in (0.64cm) longer than the NFL football, "The Duke" by Wilson. [17] [18] The company provided the official ball of the Arena Football League, an indoor American football league, until its 2019 shutdown; the Horween Leather Company supplied leather to Spalding those balls. [19] Other sports [ edit ]