. red man type private industry chewing tobacco founded 1904 headquarters owensboro kentucky united states slogan america s best chew website redman.com barn painted with red man advertisement macon township michigan red man is a brand of chewing tobacco in the united states which was first introduced in 1904 . 1 red man has traditionally come as leaf tobacco in contrast to twist chewing tobacco or the ground tobacco used in snuff . it is made by the pinkerton tobacco company of owensboro kentucky . in 1985 pinkerton was acquired by a swedish corporation and after further corporate reshuffling the red man brand now falls under the umbrella of the swedish match company which in turn is owned primarily by institutional investors . the proportion owned by non swedish investors is approximately 80 % . 2 contents 1 history 2 flavors and varieties 2.1 chewing tobacco 2.2 dipping tobacco 3 notes and references 4 external links history edit early in its history red man advertisements were painted on the sides of barns featuring an endorsement from baseball player nap lajoie lajoie chews red man ask him if he don t. 3 red man was initially sold in a few midwestern states ; it expanded in 1954 into the south and then in 1963 largely nationwide . 1 the corporation s marketing material describes red man s consumer base a large number of consumers work outdoors and enjoy hunting fishing and watch sic auto racing . 1 contemporary materials from swedish match also suggest that the brand name came from something of a homage to american indians . 1 marketing tie ins with rural and outdoor sports have been a hallmark of the red man brand . from 1952 to 1955 red man produced a series of baseball cards the only tobacco company to do so after 1920 . 4 the sets are valuable due to the appearance of 25 of the top players of 1952 55 . some valuable cards include players such as stan musial yogi berra and willie mays . since then the brand has sponsored competitive events including the red man all american pulling series a tractor pulling circuit and the red man all american bass championship a fishing competition . 5 6 in 1991 under pressure from the federal trade commission which was enforcing a 1986 u.s. statute banning television ads for smokeless tobacco red man agreed to stop displaying its product logo selling message or the color or design of the tobacco product or its package during televised coverage of the tractor pulls . 5 the competitive fishing circuit that culminated in the bass championship was sponsored by the company and called the red man tournament trail from 1983 to 2000 after which wal mart took over as the name sponsor . 7 flavors and varieties edit chewing tobacco edit red man loose leaf original red man loose leaf golden blend red man loose leaf silver blend red man loose leaf select red man plug red man golden blend totems red man mint blend dipping tobacco edit red man fine cut natural red man long cut straight red man long cut wintergreen notes and references edit a b c d history of chewing tobacco . swedish match . retrieved july 15 2006 . annual report 2005 page 6 retrieved february 16 2007 . nunberg geoffrey 2001 . the way we talk now commentaries on language and culture . houghton mifflin reference . p. 32 . isbn 0 618 11603 6 . zoss joel ; bowman john 2004 . diamonds in the rough the untold history of baseball . university of nebraska press . p. 18 . isbn 0 8032 9920 6 . a b chewing tobacco ads to be less obvious . new york times . 1991 10 31 . retrieved 2006 07 15 . arizona s baldwin takes first day lead in red man all american bass championship . business wire . 1999 06 18 . retrieved 2006 07 01 . twelve red man bass divisions hold super events . boats.com operation bass . 2000 09 05 . archived from the original on august 29 2005 . retrieved 2006 07 01 . external links edit shorpy a photograph of outdoor advertising in camden nj 1939 showing the red man brand . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title red man & oldid 737838200 categories chewing tobacco brandsculture of the southern united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 deutschsuomi edit links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 09 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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