EXTREMELY RARE Vintage Adidas Adjustable Red Nylon Hat Cap Snapback 1980\'s
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EXTREMELY RARE Vintage Adidas Adjustable Red Nylon Hat Cap Snapback 1980\'s:
$75.00
Awesomeold school Adidas hat from the 80’s.Snap back with mesh protector inside.Amazing red, with black and whitetrefoil.
It has been in storage for 30 years, has never been worn, is in excellent shape, and is a great deal.
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Adidas AG(German pronunciation:[ˈadiˌdas]) is a Germanmultinational corporationthat designs and manufactures sports shoes, clothing and accessories. The company is based inHerzogenaurach,Bavaria,Germany. It is theholding companyfor the Adidas Group, which consists of theReeboksportswear company,TaylorMade-Adidasgolf company (includingAshworth),Rockport, and 9.1% ofFC Bayern Munich. Besides sports footwear, Adidas also produces other products such as bags, shirts, watches, eyewear and other sports and clothing-related goods. Adidas is the largestsportswearmanufacturer in Europe and the second biggest in the world, afterNike.[3]
Adidas was founded in 1949 byAdolf Dassler, following a family feud at theGebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrikcompany between him and his older brotherRudolf.[4]Rudolf had earlier establishedPuma, which quickly became the business rival of Adidas. Both the Adidas and Puma companies still remain based inHerzogenaurach, Germany to this day.
The company\'s clothing and shoe designs typically featurethree parallel bars, and the same motif is incorporated into Adidas\'s current official logo.[5][6]The company revenue for 2012 was listed at€14.88 style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">The first ever piece of apparel created by Adidas was the Franz Beckenbauer tracksuit.[20]
Running[edit]Adidas currently manufactures several running shoes, including the Energy-boost, and the spring-blade trainers, among others.[dated info]
Association Football[edit]Adidas sponsorsMats Hummelsand many other players in association footballOne of the main focuses of Adidas has always been football kit and the associated equipment. Adidas remains a major company in the supply of team kits for international association football teams and clubs, includingBayern Munich,Real Madrid,Chelsea,Manchester United(starting in 2015-16) andA.C. Milan.
Adidas makes referee kits that are used in international competition and by many countries and leagues in the world. The company has been an innovator in the area of footwear for the sport, with notable examples including the 1979 release of theCopa Mundialmoulded boot used for matches on firm dry pitches. It holds the accolade of the best selling boot of all time. The soft-ground equivalent was named World Cup and it too remains on the market, timeless and iconic.
Adidas sponsored jersey of theSpain national football teamFIFA, the world governing body of football, commissioned specially designed footballs for use in its ownWorld Cuptournaments to favour more attacking play. The balls supplied for the2006 World Cup, theTeamgeist, were particular noteworthy for their ability to travel further than previous types when struck, leading to longer range goals. Goalkeepers were generally believed to be less comfortable with the design of the ball, claiming it was prone to move significantly and unpredictably in flight.[21]
Adidas also introduced another new ball for the2010 World Cup. TheJabulaniball was designed and developed byLoughborough Universityin conjunction withChelsea. It received much criticism from players, managers and pundits for being too hard to control.[22]The lighter and more aerodynamic ball led to many shots and passes being over hit. The AdidasBrazucawas the match ball of the2014 World Cup.[23]
Adidas has numerous major kit deals with clubs worldwide, includingBayern Munich,Real Madrid,Chelsea,A.C. Plate,Fluminense,PalmeirasandFlamengo. National teams sponsored andSweden.
Adidas has endorsed many players, includingLionel Messi,Kaká,Zinedine Zidane,David Beckham,Luis Suárez,Arjen Robben,Xavi,Gareth Bale,Robin van Persie,Karim Benzema,Thomas MüllerandJames Rodríguez.[24][25][26]
Adidas is one of the official sponsors of theUEFA Champions League, and theAdidas Finaleis the competition\'s official match ball.[27]As well as the aforementionedAdidas Predatorboot, Adidas also manufacture theadiPurerange of football boots. Adidas also provides clothing and equipment for all teams inMajor League Soccer.
In April 2013, Adidas andOpta Sportsannounced the introduction of a new football player type - the Engine.[28]The Engine’ is the archetypical box-to-box footballer who covers every blade of grass, seeks goal scoring chances, tracks down his opponent and displays relentless energy from the first minute to the final whistle.
In July 2014, Adidas andManchester Unitedagreed a world record $1.29 billion kit deal over 10 years, starting from the 2015/2016Premier Leagueseason. This is currently the most valuable kit deal in sports history, and replaced rivalNikeas the club\'s equipment tennis playerAndy Murray.
Adidas has been involved with tennis equipment since the mid 1960s and has historically sponsored many top tennis players, beginning with two of the most dominant male tennis players at the start of the professional era in the late 1960s,Stan SmithandIlie Nastase. During the 1980s and 1990s, not only were they exclusive apparel and footwear sponsors of world number one men\'s tennis playersIvan LendlandStefan Edbergand ladies\' world number oneSteffi Grafbut each player had their own, exclusive graphic styles designed for their use during play, which were in turn marketed to the general public. Ivan Lendl even spent the vast majority of his dominant career playing with several different models of Adidas tennis racquets, primarily using the legendary Adidas GTX-Pro and then later the Adidas GTX Pro-T. The company recently introduced a new line of tennisracquets. While the Feather is made for the \"regular player\", and the Response for the \"club player\", Adidas targets the \"tournament player\" with the 12.2 oz Barricade tour model.[30]Adidas sponsors the following professional players with mainly clothing and footwear:Ana Ivanovic,Andy Murray,Maria Kirilenko,Caroline Wozniacki,Justine Henin,Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,Daniela Hantuchová,Alicia Molik,Fernando Verdasco,Marcos Baghdatis,Gilles Simon,Fernando González,Flavia Pennetta,Laura Robson,Kristina Mladenovic,Francesca Schiavone,Melanie Oudin,Angelique KerberandSorana Cîrstea. Adidas tennis clothing contains the ClimaCool technology found in other athletic jerseys and shoes.[31]
In November 2009 World Number 4Andy Murraywas confirmed as Adidas\'s highest paid star with a 5-year contract reported to be worth $24.5m.[32]
Players sponsored by Adidas can take advantage of the Adidas Player Improvement Program, where the company provides coaches, fitness trainers and sports psychologists to players in order to further their careers. The program includes legendary coaches such asDarren CahillandSven Groeneveld.
InCincinnati, at theATP Tennis Tournamentin Mason, they have also sponsored theball-boy and ball-girluniforms.
Golf[edit]Adidas Golf is part of Adidas, a German-based sports clothing manufacturer and part of the Adidas Group, which consists ofReeboksportswear company,TaylorMade-Adidasgolf company, andRockport. The Adidas Group is one of the global leaders in the sporting goods industry offering a wide range of products around the three core segments of Adidas, Reebok, and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf. Adidas Golf sells and manufactures Adidas-brand golf clothing, footwear, and accessories.
Company timeline[edit]In 1997, Adidas AG acquired the Salomon Group who specialized inalpine skiwear, and its official corporate name was changed to Adidas-Salomon AG because with this acquisition Adidas also acquired the TaylorMade Golf company andMaxfli, which allowed them to compete with Nike Golf. Salomon sold its controlling interest in TaylorMade and its other sports equipment companies to global giant Adidas AG.
In 1998, Adidas Golf USA moved its business operations fromTualatin, Oregon, to theCarlsbad, California headquarters of TaylorMade Golf, acquired by Adidas-Salomon. Adidas Golf USA had thirty employees to relocate. Carlsbad is also the headquarters of one of its primary competitors,Callaway Golf Company.
In 1999, TaylorMade and AdidasGolf USA, were merged into a new company—called TaylorMade-Adidas Golf—with world headquarters in Carlsbad. Mark King was named president of the company he had begun his career with in 1981 as a sales representative after a short stint as vice president of sales and marketing at Callaway Golf Ball Co. in 1998.
In November 2008,Ashworth (clothing)became a wholly owned subsidiary of TaylorMade-Adidas Golf, complementary to the synthetic performance fabrics of Adidas Golf.
Product[edit]Adidas Golf sells clothing, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and youth. Men\'s equipment includes footwear, shirts, shorts, pants, outerwear, base layer and eyewear. Women\'s equipment includes footwear, shirts, shorts, skirts, pants, outerwear, base layers, and eyewear. Youth equipment includes both boys and girls footwear, clothing, and eyewear.
Cricket[edit]Indian cricketerSachin Tendulkar, batting with his personalized Adidas Bat.Adidas began manufacturing cricket footwear in the mid 1970s, with their initial target market being Australia. Their shoes were a radical departure from traditional leather cricket boots which had remained basically unchanged for decades, being lighter and more flexible but also offering less toe protection, so that it became not uncommon to see batsmen who had been struck by the ball on the foot hopping around in pain. Having continued to manufacture cricket footwear for many years, in 2006 the company finally entered the field of bat manufacture in 2008 and currently their bat range includes the Pellara, Incurza, Libro and M-Blaster models.
In the 1990s, Adidas signed the superstar Indian batsmanSachin Tendulkarand made shoes for him.[33]Tendulkar still wears Adidas shoes while playing matches. Since 2008, Adidas has sponsored the cricket bat used by Tendulkar. It created a new bat, \'Adidas MasterBlaster Elite\', personalized for him.
In 2008, Adidas made a concerted move into English cricket market by sponsoring English batting starKevin Pietersenafter the cancellation of his lifetime deal withWoodworm, when they ran into financial difficulties.[34]The following year they signed up fellow England playerIan Bell,Pakistanopening batsmanSalman Buttand Indian PlayerRavindra Jadeja.
Currently the sponsored cricketers includeSachin Tendulkar,Rohit Sharma,Suresh Raina,Virat Kohli,Lasith Malinga,Kieron PollardandDwayne Bravo.
Adidas currently manufactures kit for theEngland cricket team. Adidas signed withCricket South Africain 2011 and the kit worn bySouth African Cricket Teamduring and after theCricket World Cup 2011will be manufactured by the German giant.[35]TheAustralia cricket teamwere previously sponsored by Adidas until late 2011.
In theIndian Premier League(IPL), Adidas are the official apparel sponsor for the teamMumbai Indians.[36]
Basketball[edit]Adidas has been a longtime basketball shoe manufacturer and is one of the leading basketball brands in the world. They are most famous for their late 1960s iconic Superstar and Pro Model shoes, affectionately known as \"shelltoes\" for their stylized hard rubber toe box.[citation needed]Fueled by, among others, coaches such asUCLA\'sJohn Wooden,[37]Adidas drew about even withConversein basketball by the mid 1970s before both started to fall behind then-upstartNikein the early 1980s.[38]Subsequently Adidas Superstar became very popular in the 1980ship hop streetwearscene alongside Adidas\'s stripe-sided polyester suits.[citation needed]
Adidas is also the current outfitter of all 30 franchises in theNational Basketball Association(replacing theReebokbrand after the merger) and sponsors numerous players past and present likeKareem Abdul-JabbarandTracy McGrady, as well asMarcus ClarkDwight Howard,Chauncey Billups,Derrick Rose,Quincy Pondexter,Brandon Knight,Eric Gordon,Michael Beasley,Josh Smith,Damian Lillard,Jrue Holiday,Tim Duncan,Jeremy Lin,Iman Shumpert,Jorwin GeorgeandJohn Wall. Adidas endorsedKobe Bryantwith the Adidas Equipment KB8 as his first signature shoe until July 2002.[39]The company also endorsedKevin Garnettuntil he opted out of his contract in 2010.[40]Gilbert Arenaswas an Adidas endorser until 2010.[41]
Lacrosse[edit]In 2007, Adidas announced the future production oflacrosseequipment, and will sponsor the Adidas National Lacrosse Classic in July 2008 for the top 600 high school underclassmen lacrosse players in the United States.[42]
Jiu Jitsu[edit]Clark Gracieendorses for Adidas BJJ (Jiu Jitsu). The three times world champion joined the Adidas team as the ambassador for the Brazilian jiu-jitsu line.
Rugby[edit]All Blacks rugby jerseyAdidas makes rugby boots, balls and other rugby gear. They are the current kit and ball supplier to the New ZealandAll Blacks, IrishMunster Rugby, the British and Irish Lions, the French National TeamLes Bleus, theItalian national rugby teamand the South AfricanStormersandWestern Provincerugby union teams among others. Adidas is also theNew Zealand Rugby Unionclothing sponsor and supplies clothing to allSuper Rugbyfranchises, a selection of domestic teams and national referees. Adidas are also the official match ball supplier to theHeineken Cup. They are the jersey manufacturers of theGold Coast TitansRugby League club in the AustralasianNational Rugby League. Dual rugby and league international and former boxerSonny Bill Williamsis a global ambassador for Adidas.
Gymnastics[edit]From 2000 to 2012, Adidas has provided men\'s and women\'s gymnastics wear forTeam USA, throughUSA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics and Adidas sponsorship concluded at the end of 2012. In 2006, Adidas gymnastics leotards for women and Adidas men\'s competition shirts, gymnastics pants and gymnastics shorts have been available in the USA, with seasonal leotards offered for Spring, Summer, Fall and Holidays. Adidas previous collaborated with GK Elite, since Spring 2013, Adidas gymnastics products have been available worldwide through Elegant Sports. USA Olympic team membersMcKayla Maroney,Jordyn Wieber,Jake DaltonandDanell Leyvaare all sponsored by Adidas gymnastics.
Skateboarding[edit]Adidas Skateboarding produces shoes made specifically for skateboarding, including the redesign of previous models for skateboarding. The brand also releases signature models designed by team style=\"line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">
- Lem Villemin
- Vince Del Valle
- Alec Majerus[44][45]
The \"International\" team consists of Chewy Cannon, Dennis Durrant, Klaus Bohms, Raul Navarro, Petr Horvat, Kevin Lowry, and Günes Özdogan.[44]
Baseball[edit]Adidas has also provided baseball equipment and sponsors numerous players ofMajor League BaseballandNippon Professional Baseballin Japan.
From 1997 to 2008, Adidas sponsoredNew York Yankees.[46]
In Japan, Adidas is the official apparel sponsor for the teamsYomiuri Giants[47]andWaseda University.
EXTREMELY RARE Vintage Adidas Adjustable Red Nylon Hat Cap Snapback 1980\'s:
$75.00