nokona athletic goods company (originally known as nocona leather goods company and stylized as nokona) was founded in 1926 by the storey family in nocona, texas. in 1934, the nokona baseball glove was trademarked (spelled with a "k" when the united states patent and trademark office would not allow the name of an incorporated town to be registered). today, nocona athletic goods is one of a handful of companies that still manufacture baseball gloves in the united states.