Hillyard, Inc.

The company fielded two Amateur Athletic Union national champion basketball teams in the 1920s and was instrumental in the founding of the Basketball Hall of Fame (where an exhibit celebrates its contributions to the sport).

then developed the company's signature cleaning supplies that made the floors "less oily."

[3] Elliot C. Spratt, a Hillyard son-in-law, was the founding president of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches gives the Newton S. Hillyard Memorial Award to its outgoing president.

[5] Hillyard plays a major role at Missouri Western State University.