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UMBRO is a well established football related brand with international recognition. Based in the UK, where the UMBRO business was founded in 1924, the Group designs, sources and markets football related products which are sold in over 90 countries.
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Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport is a large German-based multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes and other sportswear. Puma is the third largest sportswear manufacturer in the world behind Nike and Adidas.
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You might be surprised to know that one of the world's dominant shoe, sports equipment and clothing brands was aptly named after the Greek goddess of victory -- and that the inspiration for the name struck during a dream.
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Today it's something we take for granted, but in 1920, at the age of 20, Adolph (Adi) Dassler 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 (pron. AH-dee-DAHS, not ah-DEE-duhs).
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