History
Fair Play was born in 1934 after the company founder Elmer Foster saw his basketball team lose in the final seconds of the game. He created a basic scoreboard with a watch in the center to keep time and numbers that he held on a nail.
In 1997, the company merged with Trans-Lux Corporation of Norwalk, Connecticut.
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