1. FC Herzogenaurach 1. FC Herzogenaurach The 1. FC Herzogenaurach is a German association football club from the city of Herzogenaurach, Bavaria. The history of the club is strongly intertwined with the Sports equipment manufacturer Puma, then just a local company and sponsor of the "FC" and its rivalry to ASV Herzogenaurach, which was sponsored by another local company, Adidas. Formed in 1916, the club did not begin to play competitive football till 1919 due to the difficult circumstances of the First World War. Between the two world wars, the club played on local Middle Franconian level, at times as high as the
Sneakers made available for men and women. Athletic shoes were used by competing athletes at the Olympics, helping to popularise athletic shoes among the general public. In 1936, a French brand, Spring Court, marketed the first canvas tennis shoe featuring signature eight ventilation channels on a vulcanised natural rubber sole. Adolf "Adi" Dassler began producing his own sports shoes in his mother's wash kitchen in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, after his return from World War I, and went on to establish one of the leading athletic shoe manufacturers, Adidas. He also successfully marketed his shoes to athletes at the 1936 Summer Olympics, which