Getting a Grip; Fumble-Rich 2003 Packers Game Spurs Area Company to Develop a Better Finish for Footballs
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › June 03, 2008
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Terry Welch still grimaces at the memory: a slippery football squirting out of the Green Bay Packers' hands no fewer than six times during a 17-14 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on a rainy Monday night at Lambeau Field.
Some Packers fans might have blamed Brett Favre, who committed three of the fumbles in that 2003 game.See the full content of this document
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Getting a Grip; Fumble-Rich 2003 Packers Game Spurs Area Company to Develop a Better Finish for Footballs
Welch blamed the ball. And as the owner of a Milwaukee company that makes finishes for leather used in shoes, purses and footballs, he did something about it: He instructed his research labs to create a treatment that would allow pebbled football cowhide to keep a better grip, even in the rain.
Today, that "Tacky Top" fo...See the full content of this document
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