Supreme x Franklin Sports 8.5" Rubber Playground Ball
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Original — Franklin Sports
8.5" Rubber Playground Ball
About the original
The Franklin Sports 8.5-inch Rubber Playground Ball is an inflatable rubber ball with a textured cross-hatch surface grip, used for kickball, dodgeball, four square, and general recess play. It inflates through a standard needle valve. Franklin Sports was founded in 1946 in Stoughton, Massachusetts by Irving Franklin and his brother Sydney, initially producing stuffed footballs during postwar rubber rationing before expanding to a full sporting goods line. The company later pioneered the signature-athlete batting glove with Mike Schmidt and remains family-run. Franklin is the official ball supplier for several US youth recreational programs. The Supreme SS24 collab prints the box logo on the panel and retailed at $32.
About Franklin Sports
Franklin Sports is an American sporting goods manufacturer founded in 1946 by brothers Sydney and Irving Franklin in Brockton, Massachusetts, where it remains headquartered and family-run. The company began producing footballs, basketballs, and baseball gloves from scrap leather sourced from local Brockton shoe factories. In 1984, Franklin invented the Pro Classic with input from Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt, the first purpose-built baseball batting glove. Franklin has been the official on-field batting glove of Major League Baseball since 1984 and is worn by roughly 44 percent of MLB players. Supreme has collaborated with Franklin Sports on co-branded batting gloves and youth-style sports equipment.
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