Adolf Dassler and Rudolf Dassler
Adolf (Adi) Dassler
- Adi was born on November 3rd,1900
- Adi was born in the town of Herzogenaurach, Germany
- Adi's father and mother were Christoph and Paulina Dassler and he had two older brothers, Fritz and Rudolf, and one sister Marie
- In 1920, Adi made a small shoe production unit in his mothers former laundering shed
- Gebrüder Dassler gets their newly invented spikes on the feet of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- Adi was married to Käthe on March 17th, 1934
- Adi had one son, Horst, and four daughters, Inge, Karin, Brigitte, and Sigrid
- Adi and Rudolf begin to feud about the company after Rudi was arrested by American forces
- Gebrüder Dassler officially sepparated in April, 1948 and Adi founded the company Adidas
- Adi Dassler died on September 6th, 1978 in Herzogenaurach, Germany
Rudolf (Rudi) Dassler
- Rudi was born on March 26th, 1898
- Rudi was born in the town of Herzogenaurach, Germany
- Rudi's father and mother were Christoph and Paulina Dassler and he had two brothers, Fritz and Rudolf, and one sister Marie
- In 1923, Rudi joined his younger brother at his small shoe business that was later called Gebrüder Dassler
- Gebrüder Dassler gets their newly invented spikes on the feet of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- Rudi was married to Friedl Strasser on May 6th, 1928
- Rudi had two sons, Armin and Gerd
- Rudi suspects Adi is trying to oust him from the company after he is arrested by American forces to be questioned about his role in the Nazi regime
- Gebrüder Dasler officialy sepparated in April, 1948 and Rudi founded the company Puma
- Rudi Dassler died on October 27th, 1974 in Herzogenaurach, Germany