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Sneaker Brands Timeline • Date of Establishment • Founder(s) • Country ------------------------------ Spalding • 1876 • Albert Goodwill Spalding, HOF Baseball Player • USA (New England) Etonic • 1883, name change in 1976 • Charles Eaton • USA (Brockton, MA) Tretorn • 1891 • Henry Dunker • USA (New England) Pro-Ked • 1892 • U.S. Rubber Co. • USA Bata • 1894 • Tomas Bata • Czechoslovakia Hyde (Saucony and Spot-Bilt) • 1892, 1912 • A.R. Hyde and sons • USA (Massachusetts) Reebok • 1900 • Joseph William Foster • England (Bolton) Posture Foundation (PF Flyers) • Early 1900s • B.F. Goodrich • USA New Balance • 1906 • William Riley • USA (Massachusetts) Mizuno • 1906 • Rihachi and Rizo Mizuno • Japan (Osaka) Converse • 1908 • Marquis M. Converse • USA Wilson Bata • 1913 • Thomas Wilson • USA (Chicago) Brooks • 1914 • John B. Goldenberg • USA (Connecticut) Timberland • 1918, brand name born in 1973 • Nathan Swartz • USA (Massachusetts) adidas • 1924 • Adi Dassler • Germany Fila • 1926 • Dr. Enrico Frachey • Italy Puma • 1948 • Rudolf Dassler (Adi Dassler's brother) • Germany Onitsuka Tiger (Asics) • 1949 • Kihachiro Onitsuka • Japan (Kobe) Diadora • World War II era • Marcello Danielli • Italy Ellesse • 1959 • Leonardo Servadio • Italy K-Swiss • 1960s • Artie and Ernie Brunner • USA (So Cal) Nike • 1972, formerly Blue Ribbon Sports in 1960s • Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight • USA (Beaverton, Oregon) Pony • 1972 • ? • USA Kaepa • 1975 • Tom Adams, tennis player • USA Avia • 1979 • Jerry Stubblefield • USA (Portland, Oregon) KangaROOs • 1979 • Robert Gamm, architect • USA Havana Joe • 1989 • Antonio Vicente • Spain And 1 • 1993 • ? • USA | |||
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