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In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, photo, the trademark W, for Wilson Sporting Goods, and the pebble grip are embossed on one side, left, of the steer hide leather at the Horween Leather Co. factory in Chicago. There is a quintessential American story behind the footballs used by the National Football League, one that dates to the early days of the sport. About how a family of Ukrainian immigrants opened a Chicago tannery in 1905 and came to provide the leather for the game balls used from the lowliest preseason game to the Super Bowl, including the Feb. 5 showdown between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, photo Wilson Sporting Goods worker Michelle Burkett throws excess leather from the Horween Leather Co. factory after cutting quarter panels for an NFL football in Ada, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, photo Wilson Sporting Goods worker Loyd Conley cuts leather from the Horween Leather Co. factory into quarter panels for an NFL football in Ada, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, photo the trademark W, for Wilson Sporting goods, and the pebble grip are embossed on one side of steer hide leather at the Horween Leather Co. factory in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
