In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, photo, an employee at the Horween Leather Co. factory removes wet steer hide that is being treated in Chicago. There is a quintessential American story behind the footballs used by the National Football League, one that dates to the early days of the sport. About how a family of Ukrainian immigrants opened a Chicago tannery in 1905 and came to provide the leather for the game balls used from the lowliest preseason game to the Super Bowl, including the Feb. 5 showdown between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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