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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sports equipment |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Founder | Albert Spalding |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | North America Australia |
| Products | Basketballs |
| Owner | Berkshire Hathaway |
| Parent | Fruit of the Loom |
| Subsidiaries | Dudley |
| Website | spalding.com |
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 has manufactured balls for other sports, including American football, soccer, volleyball, tennis, and golf.
For a brief period in the 1980s, Spalding was also a designer of aftermarket automotive wheels.