Adidas F50 Soccer Shoes

The Adidas F50 soccer shoes are some of the mostthey often had to use a stationary bicycle to supply
popular soccer footware ever made. There are manyenergy for their equipment.
different variations on the F50 shoe, but they all haveFrom such meager beginnings was born the largest
some similarities: each is lightweight, durable, and hassportswear manufacturer in Europe, second in the
interchangeable soles for long wear. Frequently, theyworld only to United States based Nike. The history is
also have replaceable soccer cleats and a coveredfascinating; started in a laundry room belonging to the
lace placket for a flat kicking surface. Also touted forfounder's mother, in 1936, Adi Dassler drove to the
the thin but sturdy materials they are made from,Summer Olympics and persuaded U.S. runner Jesse
these football shoes allow excellent feel of the ball.Owens to use some of his shoes. Owens would go
Unlike the old F50 soccer shoes (Adidas F50on to win four gold medals, making Dassler's shoes
TRX)Newer varieties of the Adidas F50 soccer shoesoverwhelmingly successful, and by the time of World
are made with Sprintskin, a ground-breaking microfiberWar II, they were selling over 200,000 pairs each year.
that gives the fit of a second skin.A little known fact is that the brother's factory actually
Shortly after his return to Bavaria from World I, Adishifted production to anti-tank weapons during World
Dassler started making shoes with scrap materials heWar II.
bought or bartered for cheaply in town. The followingThe company today, in addition to the wildly successful
year, his brother Rudi Dassler became part of theAdidas F50 soccer shoes, also is the parent company
business, named the Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory.of Taylor Made-adidas Golf Company, Rockport
Electricity was often sporadic in the little town, andShoes, and the Reebok Sportswear Company.