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Adi Dassler himself enjoyed playing tennis well into his advanced years, also using this racket. (see picture). We are happy to have this memento among our treasures today.

Das Bild zeigt Adi Dassler, als er im Jahr 1961 Tennis spielt. Bis ins hohe Alter spielte er mit Freunden und Familie gerne Tennis.

Erich Deuser was asked by Sepp Herberger to be the masseur for the German national football team in 1951. He also cared for numerous athletes at the Olympic Games between 1952 and 1976. Adi Dassler (far right in the picture) and Erich Deuser (fifth from the right) were not only colleagues, but also became friends. The Deuser bands are still popular today, even if this example from the Dassler family's collection is no longer usable.

Das Bild zeigt eine unterschriebene Autogrammkarte von Willi Holdorf, einem deutschen Zehnkämpfer, der 1964 sogar olympisches Gold holte. Die Autogrammkarte übergab er kurz nach seinem Triumpf an Adi Dassler, mit dem er stets engen Kontakt hielt, um die Schuhe weiter zu entwickeln.

Adi Dassler diskutiert mit Spitzensportlern mögliche Weiterentwicklungen der Schuhe. Heide Ecker-Rosendahl holte bei den Olympischen Spielen 1972 mehrere Medaillen, nicht zuletzt auch wegen der guten Ausrüstung.

(Bild: v.l.n.r.: Kurt Bendlin, Heide Ecker-Rosendahl, Adi Dassler, Günter Nickel)

Adi Dassler not only played ice hockey himself, but also worked to develop the perfect equipment for ice hockey teams. As a thank you, he frequently received equipment autographed by the players. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to find out which teams presented these gifts.

This picture shows Adi Dassler playing ice hockey on a pond near the present-day location of the hotel. (from left to right: Georg Bitter, Fritz Zehlein, unknown, Josef Hildel, Adi Dassler, unknown).

Adi Dassler loved “Eisstockschiessen” (the Bavarian form of Curling) and often combined it with professional discussions. This picture was shot on the Riessersee in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and shows Sepp Herberger, in the foreground, with Adi and his daughter Brigette watching from behind. Herberger was the national football coach until 1964 and a very close family friend. The curling stones lay forgotten in the Dassler family's archive for decades but have found renewed purpose as the link to a storied past.

These wooden skis date from the 1920s and lay in the Dassler family's basement for many years. Adi Dassler was an avid skier and likely did quite a few rides on these skis. In addition to the Alpine discipline, he also enjoyed ski jumping and cross-country skiing.  At the time, it was very easy to engage in these activities in the vicinity of this hotel. The picture shows Adi getting some air on his wooden skis.

This chairlift was part of the Kreuzjoch lift installed for the 1978 World Ski Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and brought skiers to the start of the famous Kandahar slope, where World Cup races still take place today. When construction of the new 4-seater chairlift began in 2009, this chair was retired and dedicated to the Super-G winner Christoph Gruber. Adi Dassler frequently skied the Kandahar downhill course recreationally and the hotel was able to purchase this historic piece of memorabilia in 2022 to commemorate Adi’s love of alpine sports.

This picture shows Adi Dassler when he was skiing with a friend in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1926. Adi Dassler frequently tested his products during development but, in the case of ski boots, this was difficult in the early years due to limited options. This did not deter Adi who took his own kitchen table, removed two legs, and built a ski jump on the „Grundla“ slope not far from the hotel. There, he learned how to ski jump so he could test equipment he was developing.

By the way, the picture below shows Adi ski jumping off a self-built ski jump not far from the hotel.

Adi Dassler always wanted to develop the best shoe for every athlete. The Monza shoe was adapted to the requirements of motorsport athletes and was worn by Walter Röhrl, among others. On April 18th 2023, Mr. Röhrl accepted the Baenkler family's invitation to dinner and signed a shoe that had been in the family for a long time. Today, this shoe is intended to remind us of the diversity of sport and its unique requirements, which had always been an incentive for Adi to improve. 

Adi Dassler was passionate about sport and practiced numerous athletic disciplines. The family garden was the scene of many friendly competitions and, of course, even the discus throw was part of it. This old discus from the Dassler family's collection was obviously used a lot and certainly served as Adi sports equipment.

This historic steered sled was used in various races and is characterized by a double brake and split runners. Such sleds were also used, for example, on the Olympic toboggan run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the 1936 Winter Olympics were held.

The picture shows a signed birthday card from a bobsled team to Adi Dassler.

Auf dem Bild sind Adi Dassler und Joe Frazier im Jahr 1968 beim Mittagessen zu sehen. Joe Frazier war zwischen 1965 und 1981 als Profiboxer aktiv uns gewann 1971 sogar gegen Muhammad Ali. Neben den technischen Entwicklungen war für Adi die Gastfreundschaft sehr wichtig. So lud er regelmäßig Sportler und sogar ganze Mannschaften ein und entschloss sich dann ein Gästehaus zu bauen, aus dem das heutige Hotel entstand.

Das Bild zeigt eine Autogrammkarte von Joe Frazier, einem amerikanischen Profiboxer aus den 60er bis 80er Jahren, die er 1978 Brigitte gewidmet hat. Brigitte war eine Tochter von Adi Dassler, die in den 90er Jahren das Hotel HerzogsPark weitergeführt hat. Das Hotel ist heute noch im Eigentum der Familie.

Das Bild zeigt Adi Dassler zusammen mit Max Schmeling im Jahr 1973. Max Schmeling war ein Deutscher Profiboxer in den 1920er und 1930er Jahren, der in 70 Profikämpfen nur 10 Niederlagen erlitt. Adi und Max pflegten eine Freundschaft und natürlich konnte so auch über den spezifischen Bedarf eines Boxers diskutiert werden.

Auf dem Bild diskutieren Joe Frazier, ein Profiboxer aus USA, und Adi Dassler 1968 technische Details an neu entwickelten Box-Stiefeln. Der Kontakt zu Spitzensportlern war Adi immer sehr wichtig, um zielgerichtet Verbesserungen in seine Produkte einzubringen.