National Sporting Goods Association

On May 26, 1929, the NSGA was formed when the Sporting Goods Dealer's Association of South Carolina merged with the Missouri-based Sporting Goods Distributors Association, to create the Sporting Goods Distributors Organization.^{[independent source needed]} The name was changed to the National Sporting Goods Distributors Association in 1930, followed by the National Sporting Goods Association in 1936.^[1]

As of the 2023, the NSGA's Hall of Fame has awarded a total of 181 people are listed in the Hall of Fame,^[2] of whom 171 are male and 10 are female.