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Some Wilson Sporting Goods facts you need to know

By Monty Siekerman

Did you know?

• Wilson Sporting Goods has been a unit of Amer Sports of Finland since 1989. Amer Sports makes sports equipment, footwear and apparel.

• The Wilson brand is headquartered in Chicago.

• Wilson is the world's leading manufacturer of ball sports equipment, employing over 1,600 people globally.

• The company's core sports are American football, Canadian football, tennis, baseball, golf, basketball, softball, badminton and squash.

• The company also produces equipment for racquetball and soccer.

• Wilson is the official ball of the NFL and has supplied the ball for every Super Bowl game since the beginning of the extravaganza.

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