The men who started the Reebok brand were two brothers (Jim And Joe Foster) from a family of shoemakers based in Bolton, England. Their grandfather (J.M. Foster) made track spikes for the 'Chariots of fire' athletes in the 1920's. The name 'Reebok' comes from the noun for a small A South African antelope, named Pelea capreola which has woolly brownish-grey hair, from an entry in a Webster's Dictionary which had American English spellings.
The men who started the Reebok brand were two brothers (Jim And Joe Foster) from a family of shoemakers based in Bolton, England. Their grandfather (J.M. Foster) made track spikes for the 'Chariots of fire' athletes in the 1920's. The name 'Reebok' comes from the noun for a small A South African antelope, named Pelea capreola which has woolly brownish-grey hair, from an entry in a Webster's Dictionary which had American English spellings.