- Brooks Sports
Brooks Sports, Inc. was founded in 1914 by Morris Goldenberg and is a company that produces high performance shoes and apparel for runners. Brooks originally produced bathing shoes in 1917 before moving into sports by producing baseball cleats in 1920 and football cleats in the 1930s. In 1979 the world champion
Pittsburgh Pirates endorsed Brooks shoes. In 1984 quarterbackDan Marino endorsed Brooks athletic footwear.The name Brooks was selected by Morris Goldenberg as an Anglicized substitute for his wife’s maiden name of Bruchs.
Brooks Sports, Inc. headquarters are located in
Bothell, Washington , USA. Brooks was acquired byRussell Corporation in late 2004. On August 2, 2006 Russell officially announced its sale toBerkshire Hathaway .Brooks is the main sponsor of the
Hansons-Brooks Distance Project .Due to a relationship between the Football Federation of Chile and the company that represents Brooks in that country, the national football team’s clothes, the referee's clothes and the balls of the national championship are supplied by Brooks.
ponsor of Nationals teams
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*ponsor of Football teams
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Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar
*Coquimbo Unido External links
* [http://www.brooksrunning.com/ Brooks Running]
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