Adolf Dassler
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Adolf "Adi" Dassler was a German cobbler, inventor, and businessman who founded the sportswear company Adidas.
Dassler at age 15, c. 1915
The Dassler brothers' sports shoe factory near Herzogenaurach train station in 1928
Jesse Owens with his record-setting long jump, wearing the Dasslers' shoes at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
A sculpture of Dassler in the Adi Dassler Stadium
Rudolf Dassler
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Rudolf "Rudi" Dassler was a German cobbler, inventor and businessman who founded the sportswear company Puma.
Adolf Dassler
…September 1978) was a German cobbler, inventor, and businessman who founded the sportswear company Adidas. He was the younger brother of Puma founder Rudolf Dassler. The brothers were partners in a shoe company Adolf started, Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik ("Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory"). Rudolf joined in 1924…
Rudolf Dassler