![adidas on Twitter: "On this day in 1949, Adi Dassler registered the “Adi Dassler adidas Sportschuhfabrik” & set to work with 47 employees in the small town of Herzogenaurach." / Twitter adidas on Twitter: "On this day in 1949, Adi Dassler registered the “Adi Dassler adidas Sportschuhfabrik” & set to work with 47 employees in the small town of Herzogenaurach." / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECP_EPeVUAAyUUv.jpg)
adidas on Twitter: "On this day in 1949, Adi Dassler registered the “Adi Dassler adidas Sportschuhfabrik” & set to work with 47 employees in the small town of Herzogenaurach." / Twitter
![Darren Rovell on Twitter: "Adidas' first basketball shoe, Trainingsstiefel, sold in 1949 http://t.co/ErabWeXhhj (via @KatjaSchreiber)" / Twitter Darren Rovell on Twitter: "Adidas' first basketball shoe, Trainingsstiefel, sold in 1949 http://t.co/ErabWeXhhj (via @KatjaSchreiber)" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzcJWi_IcAAYfag.jpg)
Darren Rovell on Twitter: "Adidas' first basketball shoe, Trainingsstiefel, sold in 1949 http://t.co/ErabWeXhhj (via @KatjaSchreiber)" / Twitter
![adidas on Twitter: "On this day in 1949, Adi Dassler registered the “Adi Dassler adidas Sportschuhfabrik” & set to work with 47 employees in the small town of Herzogenaurach." / Twitter adidas on Twitter: "On this day in 1949, Adi Dassler registered the “Adi Dassler adidas Sportschuhfabrik” & set to work with 47 employees in the small town of Herzogenaurach." / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECP_DwVVUAAFI1T.jpg)