goods founded 1970 as stx inc. headquarters baltimore maryland united states key people richard b.c. tucker sr. chairman founder and co creator of first stick richard b.c. tucker jr ceo jason goger general manager products apparel sports equipment website http www.stx.com stx a contraction of the word sticks but commonly called s t x is a global sports equipment manufacturer based in baltimore maryland . it is a subsidiary of wm. t. burnett & co. stx makes lacrosse equipment field hockey equipment ice hockey equipment and golf putters but its main business is in manufacturing of men s and women s lacrosse sticks and protective gear including gloves pads and women s eyewear . the company was founded in 1970 by richard b.c. tucker sr. as stx inc. stx s first stick was the double wall synthetic lacrosse head u.s. pat . 3 507 495 1 which was the first synthetic stick and the only type used to score goals in the first ncaa men s lacrosse championship 1971 . stx is one of the largest manufacturers of lacrosse equipment and in maryland part of the 66 million industry . 2 contents 1 early history 2 golf 3 ice hockey 4 references 5 external links early history edit richard b.j. tucker sr. grew up playing lacrosse in baltimore and ultimately was an all america member of the johns hopkins varsity men s lacrosse team . upon graduating from hopkins in 1951 tucker joined the family business wm. t burnett & co. which would prove to be one of the most significant occurrences in the history of the modern lacrosse era . at burnett tucker and his fellow lacrosse playing colleagues began to play with the notion of a synthetic lacrosse head that would make the game they were all so passionate about more accessible to the masses . up until and through the 1960s all lacrosse sticks were laboriously crafted and strung by hand on the native american reservations where the game had been played for centuries . the very limited supply and relatively high level of inconsistency in the final product made for a relatively exclusive distribution network . in the case of mr. tucker the situation was compounded by the fact that the vast majority of sticks were built and strung in such a manner that they were truly most conducive for right handed players . being left handed tucker grew frustrated that if he broke a stick finding a quality replacement was exponentially more difficult for him than it was for others . with a desire to improve and grow the game they cherished and access to the latest in raw material technology tucker and his partners began experimenting with various fabrications for a synthetic lacrosse head . by 1966 joeseph sollers jr. president of burnett and former hopkins lacrosse all american bill crawford former university of virginia goaltender and roland fracalossi industry leading chemist at burnett had along with tucker produced the very first synthetic lacrosse head . 3 a patent application was filed in 1967 while a refined prototype was developed over the next year . in 1968 during a game between the us naval academy and west point a synthetic lacrosse head was put into play for the very first time . in 1970 us patent 3 507 495 was received by stx llc . one year later in the very first ncaa lacrosse national championship cornell outscored maryland 12 6 for the win . every single goal scored during the match was done so with an stx lacrosse head a dramatic shift from just 12 months prior when wooden sticks were the standard . this new type of stick became customary in the sport . golf edit in the mid 1970s stx began branching out from lacrosse equipment with the development of golf putters aided by ties with the chemical company dupont . 4 in 2006 a survey conducted by the darrell survey company on the pga tour determined that stx putters were considered among the top five . 5 ice hockey edit stx produces ice hockey equipment including shoulder pads elbow pads gloves shin guards and sticks . they have two lines of equipment ; stallion and surgeon . 6 there are several nhl players who use stx gear including ji hudler matt moulson and brandon pirri . 7 references edit us pat 3 507 495 lacrosse stick tucker et al . sgma s wholesale study reports 77 billion in sales sporting goods manufacturers association may 23 2012 . joseph sedwick sollers jr. helped revive lacrosse baltimore sun september 23 1995 . stx branches out in seeking to put fresh face on putter market the baltimore sun jun 23 1991 . darrell survey recognizes stx putters as one of top five on tour world golf march 20 2006 . stx ice hockey protective gear protective gear . team stx ice hockey team stx . external links edit wm. t. burnett & co. official website parent company stx official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stx sports manufacturer & oldid 744328210 categories companies established in 1970sporting goods brandsmanufacturing companies based in baltimorelacrosse equipmentsporting goods manufacturers of the united statesgolf equipment manufacturers1970 establishments in maryland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 14 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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