Athletic Shoes

Mizuno

Apr 9, 1906

Mizuno's Website
Mizuno was originally a sports goods store. That had branches in Tokyo in 1912. It was orignally Baseball focused, but are now known for their volleyball shoes.

Brooks

Apr 9, 1914

Brooks Shoes WebsiteBrooks Sports, Inc. was founded in 1914 by Morris Goldenberg. This company produces high performance shoes, soccer and running apparel. Brooks originally produced baathing shoes in 1917 before moving to sports in the 1930s by producing baseball cleats in 1920

Adidas Shoes

Apr 9, 1924

Adidas Website
Adidas was founded in 1924 in Germany by two brothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler. The company was first named Dassler Shoes and later became Adidas. The 3 strips were created to keep the foot stable, but ended up being the logo.

Asics

Sep 1, 1949

Asics Website
Asics is a Japanese athletic equipment company. Asics produces footwear and sports equipment for football, running, tennis, martial arts, golf, track & field, volleyball, and many other activities as well. In recent years their running shoes have been ranked among the top performace footwear around.

Nike

Apr 9, 1950

Nike WebsiteBill Bowerman a track & Field coach at the university of Oregon, seeked ways to improve his athletes a competiitve advatage. The way he did that was through shoes. He made the first Nike Running Shoes.