Umbro

Umbro
Trade name	Umbro
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Sports; Textile
Founded	23 May 1924; 100 years ago in Wilmslow, England
Founder	Harold & Wallace Humphreys
Headquarters	Manchester, England
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Anthony Little; (Managing Director)
Products	Footballs, football kits, goalkeeper gloves, boots, sportswear, rugby kit
Number of employees	301
Parent	Iconix Brand Group
Website	umbro.com

Umbro is an English sports equipment manufacturer founded in 1924 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, and based in Manchester. They specialise in football and rugby sportswear featuring their Double Diamond logo. Umbro products are marketed in over 100 countries.^[1]

The business was started by brothers Harold and Wallace Humphreys. The name is a portmanteau of um, from Humphreys, and bro from brothers.^[2]

Since 2012, the marque is a subsidiary of American brand management company Iconix Brand Group.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Umbro at Iconix Brand website. Archived 10 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 February 2013
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[1-1-1] Umbro at Iconix Brand website. Archived 10 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 February 2013

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