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MANUFACTURER
- Kennedy Sporting
Goods MFG Co.
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Convinced to enter the business of
manufacturing baseball gloves; at the
urging of one of his patients by the
last name of ‘Wells,’ in 1914, Dr.
Morris Kennedy of Gloversville, NY.,
stared up the Ken-Wel Sporting Goods
Co. In 1919, Kennedy brought his
brothers Bert, Philip, Allen, Nelson
and Jack in to work for the operation.
Bert and Philip Kennedy introduced some
innovative glove designs during the
1920's, which included a 1924 patent
for an interlocking lace Fingers
baseball Glove.
In 1952, the Kennedy Sporting Goods MFG
Co., a new company headed by J.
Lawrence Kennedy purchased the Ken-Wel
Sporting Goods Co. of Utica. Lawrence
Kennedy was not related to the Ken-Wel
Kennedy brothers. The Ken-Wel building
was not part of the purchased, which
remained in the ownership of the firm
selling the business. The new company
leased the space in the building and
continued to produce the company's
brands. “Kennedy” replaced the “Ken-Wel”
brand name on some of the products. The
company operated until 1959.
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Kennedy Sporting Goods
MFG Co. Baseball Bat |
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| 1959 Kennedy
Sporting Goods
Catalog |
1959 Kennedy
Factory Buy-Out |
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