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Brooks Sports, Inc. was founded in 1914 by Morris Goldenberg and is a company that produces high performance shoes, soccer and running apparel. 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 quarterback Dan 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 by Russell Corporation in late 2004. On August 2, 2006 Russell officially announced its sale to Berkshire 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 Chile national football team’s clothes, the referee's clothes and the balls of the national championship are supplied by Brooks.

Contents 1 Sponsor of Nationals teams 2 Sponsor of Football teams 3 Former Sponsor of Football teams 4 External links

[edit] Sponsor of Nationals teams

•  Chile (Until 2010 FIFA World Cup)
•  Sri Lanka

[edit] Sponsor of Football teams

• Coquimbo Unido

[edit] Former Sponsor of Football teams

• Queens Park Rangers

[edit] External links

• Brooks Running (USA)
• Brooks Running (UK)