This day in baseball: The founding of Spalding sporting goods
Posted: February 3, 2015 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Albert Spalding, Baseball, basketball, business, Football, Golf, history, sports, tennis Leave a commentSpending $800 to start, former baseball player Albert Spalding founded a sporting goods company on February 3, 1886. Spalding became the manufacturer of the first official baseball, and would also become the first manufacturer of the official tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football.
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