Adi Dassler
3 November 1900 – 6 September 1978
Adi Dassler was a German cobbler and entrepreneur who founded the sportswear company Adidas. With his brother Rudolf he ran the Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory in Herzogenaurach from the 1920s; after the brothers split in 1948 he registered Adidas, whose shoes were worn by the West German team that won the 1954 World Cup.
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Life events
Adolf Dassler was born in Herzogenaurach, the son of a shoe factory worker and a laundress.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter returning from military service in the First World War he started producing athletic shoes in Herzogenaurach.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory was registered in Herzogenaurach and grew to supply German athletes.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgKäthe Dassler later played a major role in running the Adidas company.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDassler persuaded the American sprinter to use his spikes; Owens won four gold medals.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe brothers divided the company and its workforce; Rudolf established Puma on the other side of the Aurach river.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe name combined his nickname Adi with the first syllable of Dassler, and the three-stripe mark was registered the same year.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe team's victory over Hungary in Bern brought international attention to the company's boots.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDassler died at the age of 77; his son Horst and wife Käthe continued to run the company.
Source: en.wikipedia.org