Says Davenport, “ We had no idea why they needed that, but we did it. “So they asked for some volleyballs instead.”Īt the time, Wilson volleyballs had “Wilson” printed on both sides of the ball, but Fox specifically requested volleyballs with one side blank. “They came back and said the soccer balls weren’t working, ’t adhere to the soccer ball material,” Wallace remembers.
It wasn’t until several months later that the team heard back from 20th Century Fox. “Little known fact! The volleyballs didn’t come in until later,” Davenport says. It was a more vague request than Wilson usually received, but with the reassurance only Tom Hanks could provide, the team agreed to send Fox what it had asked for… which was actually soccer balls. Wallace consulted with Kuehne and Volleyball and Soccer Business Manager, Alan Davenport. “He told me it was Tom Hanks, and I think that’s what ultimately sealed the deal. But he did disclose the film’s leading man. The representative from Fox explained that the film would be a bit unusual because it wouldn’t have much of a supporting cast. “They were very vague about the film and how the product would be used,” Wallace remembers, “but they said it wouldn’t be used as a weapon or in any way that was damaging to the brand.”
But at the time, that wasn’t really the case,” explains Director of Basketball, Volleyball, and Soccer, Mike Kuehne. “Nowadays, production companies want big money for product placement.
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He explained to Molly that the studio was about to start filming a movie and hoped Wilson could provide some balls to be used in the film. It was a representative from 20th Century Fox, one of the most prominent production companies in the world. For over a century, the company has provided equipment for community organizations, fundraisers, youth sports leagues, pro teams, and everything in between.īut in 1998, a call came into Team Sports Communications Manager Molly Wallace that was unlike any she’d ever received. Wilson Sporting Goods is no stranger to product donation requests.
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