Hummel International
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- The correct title of this article is hummel International. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
hummel International is a Denmark based sports apparel company. The company was started in 1923 by the Messmer family in the town of Hamburg, Germany. It currently manufactures apparels for football, handball, basketball, rugby league, Australian rules football, and volleyball. The company also produces footware for football and handball.
hummel currently manufactures football team kits for AaB, Aston Villa, Barnet FC, Bursaspor, Busan I'Park, ADO Den Haag, Dundee United, Hearts, CS Sedan, Westwood United FC amongst others. In Australia the Richmond Tigers of the AFL (Australian rules football) and the North Queensland Cowboys of the NRL (rugby league) also wear the hummel brand. It was once an official sponsor of the Danish national football team and Union Cricket Board South Africa. Danish international winger Dennis Rommedahl currently wears hummel products exclusively as part of a sponsorship deal. hummel is also the kit provider for the South Africa national cricket team during the 2007 Cricket World Cup.