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 | | Started in 1898 in Brockton, Massachusetts by Walter Thomas Stall and Charles Dean, the Stall and Dean Company is one of the oldest sporting goods manufacturers in America. |
 | | The business rapidly expanded, and within a few years, they were producing athletic shoes for numerous sports, caps, bats, balls, mitts and fielding gloves for baseball, boxing gloves, tennis racquets, nets for tennis and volleyball, and supporters and protective equipment. |
 | | Many Hall of Fame athletes from many sports wore Stall and Dean uniforms, including Bobby Orr and Ted Williams, and their catalogs contained endorsements from many famous players, including Ty Cobb. |
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