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Dunlop Volleys
Volley, formerly known as Dunlop Volley is an Australian brand of sneakers, athletic shoes manufactured by Brand Collective. Formerly, it was produced by Dunlop Sport (Australia), a sports equipment subsidiary of Pacific Brands, which separated the ''Volley'' brand into its Brand Collective Pty Ltd which was sold to private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners in November 2014. The shoe is constructed of cotton canvas with a thermoplastic rubber sole. It was introduced by Ansell, Dunlop Australia in 1939, and has had only minor changes to its design since then. Originally plain white in colour with a vulcanised rubber sole, it evolved into the iconic green and gold stripe along the ankle and heel with a direct injection sole in the 1970s. Today, the standard design is white with a 3-stripe woven tape on the heel, while the green and gold stripe, and an all-black version, are also available. History The Volley was originally developed in 1939 as a tennis shoe by Adrian Quist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LK Group
Valarie "Larry" Kestelman (born 1966) is an Australian billionaire property developer and businessman. He co-founded internet service provider Dodo Services, Dodo in 2001, which was bought out in 2013, and has interests in various other industries via his holding company LK Group. He is also known for his involvement in Australian basketball, including as the majority owner of the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) since 2015. Early life Kestelman was born in 1966 in Odessa, Soviet Ukraine, Ukraine. His father was an electrical engineer and his mother was a gynaecologist. The family emigrated when he was 11 years old as part of 1970s Soviet Union aliyah, a wave of Jewish immigrants leaving the Soviet Union, living for six months in Ostia (Rome), Ostia, Italy, before securing Australian visas. Kestelman arrived in Australia at the age of 12, with his father finding work as a draftsman with Holden and his mother working as a laboratory assistant a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |