With both companies located in Herzogenaurach, there was a big rivalry between those working for Adidas and those working for Puma.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab Am 19.11.2012 22:20 schrieb "Joe Copeland" <[email protected]>: > From Wikipedia: > > Both brothers joined the Nazi Party<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party>, > but Rudolf was slightly closer to the party than Adolf. During the war, a > growing rift between the pair reached a breaking point after an Allied bomb > attack in 1943, when Adi and his wife climbed into a bomb shelter that > Rudolf and his family were already in: "The dirty bastards are back again", > Adi said, referring to the Allied war planes, but Rudolf was convinced his > brother meant him and his > family.[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-sneakerwars-9>After > Rudolf was later picked up by American soldiers and accused of being > a member of the Waffen SS <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen_SS>, he > was convinced that his brother had turned him > in.[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-DW-7> > > The Dassler factory, used for production of anti-tank weapons during the > war, was nearly destroyed by US forces in April 1945, but was spared when > Adi Dassler's wife, Käthe, convinced the GIs that the company and its > employees were only interested in manufacturing sports shoes. American > occupying forces subsequently became major buyers of the Dassler brothers' > shoes.[10] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-10> > > The brothers split up in > 1947,[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-sneakerwars-9>with > Rudi forming a new firm that he called > *Ruda* – from *Ru*dolf *Da*ssler, later rebranded > Puma<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puma_AG>, > and Adi forming a company formally registered as *Adidas AG* from *Adi* * > Das*sler on 18 August 1949. Although it is popularly claimed that the > name is an acronym <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym> for *All Day I > Dream About Sport*, that phrase is a > backronym<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym>; > the name is actually a > portmanteau<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau>formed from "Adi" (a > nickname for Adolf) and "Das" (from "Dassler"). > [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#cite_note-history-1> > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:56 PM, asc490 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The brothers Adolf (Adi) and Rudolf Dassler founded a company in the >> twenties. But they wew at odds and split their company in the forties. Adi >> named his Adidas, Rudolf named his Puma. Yes, right, Puma. >> >> >> On Monday, November 19, 2012, Eric Rex <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hey Sportsfans: >> > It's hard to find anything better than adidas. I heard the name is an >> acronym once, but cannot remember what that is. I will have to ask Adi... >> > >> > As Always, ER >> > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport >> > http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Triathletepix/ >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "omnisport" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "omnisport" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > > Take a moment and view my blog! http://hohcopelandwj.wordpress.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport?hl=en.
