Wilson Athletic Supporters

COMPANY:

Amer Sports (USA)

HISTORY:

Founded in 1913 by Thomas E. Wilson in New York (But now owned by Finnish company Amer sports.

The company traces its roots to the Schwarzchild & Sulzberger company that operated meat packing plants in New York, Chicago and Kansas City. Sulzberger founded the Ashland Manufacturing Company in 1913 to use animal by-products from its slaughterhouses. It started out making tennis racket strings, violin strings, and surgical sutures but soon expanded into baseball shoes and tennis racquets.

In 1915, Thomas E. Wilson, former president of meatpacker Morris & Company, was appointed President and renamed the company Thomas E. Wilson Company. The company acquired the Hetzinger Knitting Mills to produce athletic uniforms and a caddie bag company which produced golf balls but soon expanded into footballs and basketballs.

STYLES

Athletic Supporters

Currently, Wilson only has one supporter on offer with a solid center pouch and mesh sides and black straps and waistband.

EXTERNAL LINKS:

Shop for Wilson Athletic Supporters at Walmart

VINTAGE ADS, BOXES AND PHOTOS:

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