What Adidas mean?
The name Adidas (written “adidas” by the company) is an abbreviation of the name of founder Adolf (“Adi”) Dassler. The Dassler family began manufacturing shoes after World War I. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the American track-and-field star Jesse Owens wore shoes that were reportedly a gift from Adi Dassler.
When were Adidas products first made?
The first Adidas item of apparel was the Franz Beckenbauer tracksuit created in 1967. Adidas AG is the largest manufacturer of sports bras in Europe, and the second largest manufacturer in the world. One of the main focuses of Adidas has always been football kits, and the associated equipment.
When did the name Adidas come from?
In 1949, Adolf named his new company adidas (originally it was lowercase like that) after his nickname Adi and his last name Dassler. So Adi Dassler became adidas. Rudolf did the same thing with his company name, calling his new company Ruda ( Ru dolf Da ssler).
When did Adidas start making shoes?
Adolf ‘Adi’ Dassler first started making shoes in 1924, registered his company’s name in 1949, and started using three stripes to identify its footwear in 1967. But it wasn’t until 1971, when the trefoil logo was unveiled, that Adidas had a logo design that would become legendary.
When was the first Addidas shoe invented?
Beginnings of Adidas Shoes In 1920, at the age of 20, avid soccer player Adolph (Adi) Dassler, son of a cobbler, invented spiked shoes for track and field. Four years later Adi and his brother Rudolph (Rudi) founded the German sports shoe company Gebrüder Dassler OHG -later known as Adidas.