Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame

STAN JURGA has led All-Star Sporting Goods from a small manufacturing company to a leader in baseball, softball and football equipment. His company sells products for all ages from little leagues to Major League Baseball players. Jurga holds at least five patents in protective equipment and information and the most famous is for hockey style catcher’s headgear, which revolutionized the baseball protective market. Many Major League catchers can be seen wearing the All Star equipment.

Jurga joined George Frost Company in 1972 as Assistant Plant Manager. George Frost was the parent company of All-Star Sporting Goods, which was started in 1960. He became the National Sales Manager of All-Star Sporting Goods in about 1977 and was promoted to Vice-President of Sales in approximately 1980. Dave Holden and Stan Jurga purchased the All-Star Division of George Frost in October 1988 under the corporate name of Ampac Enterprises Inc. Jurga became President of All-Star in 1993 and the CEO title was added with the passing of Holden in 2011. 

Please note: This biography was produced from the nominating materials in the candidate’s nominating year, so the information is not current.