Footballshirtculture.com : History of Adidas – Adi Dassler

www.footballshirtculture.com History of adidas and Adi Dassler in this adidas commercial. Trained as a baker, Adi Dassler started to produce his own sports shoes in his mother’s wash kitchen after his return from World War I. His father, Christoph, who worked in a shoe-factory, and the brothers Zehlein, who produced handmade spikes in their blacksmith’s shop, supported Dassler in starting his own business, Adidas (Adi Dassler).