Cooper Canada

Cooper Canada
FormerlyGeneral Leather Goods (1905-1949)
Cooper Weeks (1949-1971)
FateAcquired by Bauer Hockey
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario

Cooper Canada Ltd. was a sporting goods and fine leather goods manufacturer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In its heyday, the 1960s through to the 1980s, the company was Canada's leading producer of fine leathergoods, hockey, baseball and lacrosse equipment.[1] The company pioneered team-coloured hockey equipment and the use of nylon, foam, and modern plastics in equipment manufacturing.[2]

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  2. ^ "National Sporting Goods Association". Archived from the original on September 23, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-30.