Stop and Sock

Stop and Sock, manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Company in January 1931, is one of the earliest known Gottlieb pinball products, dating to the very beginning of the company's long history in the industry. It is a Pure Mechanical, single-player Table Top/Counter Game, reflecting the small-format, coin-operated novelty games common in that period.

As a Pure Mechanical machine, Stop and Sock would have relied entirely on mechanical means, without electromechanical or electronic components, to move the ball and register score -- typical for machines of this very early era, which predates the pinball flipper by over fifteen years.

Little further documentation is available on Stop and Sock's specific gameplay rules, artwork, or theme. As one of Gottlieb's first pinball products, it nonetheless holds historical significance as an early example of the company's entry into coin-operated amusements.