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A. G. Spalding

(Spalding, A. G. (Albert Goodwill))

Baseball Hall of Famer Albert Goodwill Spalding

Albert Goodwill Spalding (September 2, 1850 – 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. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois, yet graduated from Rockford Central High School in Rockford, Illinois. He played major league baseball between 1871 and 1878. Spalding set a trend when he started wearing a baseball glove. (From Wikipedia)

More about A. G. Spalding:

Associated author:

Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903

Books by A. G. Spalding:

Spalding, A. G. (Albert Goodwill), contrib.: Our Base Ball Club and How it Won the Championship (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1884), by Noah Brooks
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at Harvard

Additional books by A. G. Spalding in the extended shelves:

Spalding, A. G. (Albert Goodwill): America's national game; historic facts concerning the beginning, evolution, development and popularity of base ball, with personal reminiscences of its vicissitudes, its victories and its votaries (American Sports Publishing Company, 1911), also by Homer Davenport (page images at HathiTrust)
Spalding, A. G. (Albert Goodwill), contrib.: Our Base Ball Club and How It Won the Championship, by Noah Brooks (Gutenberg ebook)

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