Dassler brothers’ rift
Brothers Adi and Rudi Dassler would go on to create global firms Adidas and Puma.
Witness History · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In 1948, brothers Adi and Rudi Dassler who lived in a small German town fell out. They went on to create globally renowned sportswear firms Adidas and Puma.
Adi Dassler played a crucial role in West Germany's victory in the 1954 World Cup with his game-changing footwear.
Reena Stanton-Sharma hears from Adi Dassler’s daughter Sigi Dassler, who remembers her dad’s obsession with sports shoes and talks about her fondness for rappers Run-DMC who paid tribute to her dad’s shoes in their 1986 song My Adidas.
(Photo: Adi Dassler. Credit: Brauner/ullstein bild via Getty Images)