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Benlee Sporting Goods
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Item Details |
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CIRCA -
1945-1952
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MANUFACTURER
- Benlee Sporting
Goods Manufacturing
Co.
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SIZE
- Youth & Adult
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The Benlee Sporting Goods Mfg. Co.,
makers of boxing gloves and equipment
for boxers, was founded by Benjamin
Golomb in the 1930s. In 1910, Jacob
Golomb, a 17-year-old swimmer and
tailor's son, started a company in the
Bronx, New York City, producing
swimsuits he named "Everlast."
They were
guaranteed to last longer than
one year. In 1915, Benjamin Joined his two brothers, Jacob and Morris Golomb, in
the Everlast Sporting Goods company,
making boxing gloves that bore the trade-name
"Everlast."
Jacob secured a patent at the time for an elastic band on swim trunks to
replace the leather strap common in
that era. The design caught the eye of
boxer Jack Dempsey who convinced the
Golomb brothers to incorporate an
elastic band on boxing trunks. In 1919,
Dempsey won the world's heavyweight
championship wearing Everlast boxing
gloves. Dempsey became a devoted
endorser and Everlast soon became
synonymous with boxing.
By 1923, Everlast expanded into other sports
including the production of baseball shoes and
uniforms. After the death of his
brothers in the 1930s, Benjamin Golomb
left Everlast and founded
the Benlee Sporting Goods Mfg. Co. The
name derived from using the first syllable
of his own, and his wife's first name.
His son Lester was named president and
co-founder.
Benlee produced baseball gloves from about the mid 1940s-1950s. Their
baseball glove designer, Larry
Sternlicht, who also worked for
Everlast, had made some radical
innovations in glove design. Brooklyn
Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe, asked to
have a glove made large enough to
conceal the arrangement of his fingers
on the ball. Buddy Kerr, of the Braves,
wanted a glove that would enable him to
stop infield grounders better.
In 1953, Sternlicht patented a wider glove, reduced
the padding in the palm and added more
to the heel. He had also designed 3 and
4-fingered gloves. The 3-fingered
didn't do well so he turned his
attention to 4 and 5-fingered designs.
Benlee baseball glove models include: Double tunnel webs produce for the
military "US 48" No. 315, and 333
(pictured here); double tunnel web Jr.
Professional 347; 3 finger Starplay
Professional Model 300; Professional
model 310; Star League 314; Star Player
Leader model 395; Fielders gloves
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Benlee Sporting Goods
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Baseball Gloves |
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Benlee Sporting Goods MFG. Co.
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US. 2-48 Military Wrist Strap
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