# @filatennis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/fB1AG_xxbm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14922395-filatennis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/3f91b0f7e2.jpg
- **Posted:** 2013-10-04T02:22:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** FILA Tennis (@FILAtennis) — https://gondola.cc/FILAtennis

## Caption

#throwbackthursday little known #Fila fact...Enrico Frachey - managing director of Fila who was hired in the early 70s to expand the Fila business beyond textiles and had the idea to start making athletic apparel using the Fila family's rib knit fabrics....was not only an avid #tennis player, but he was an accomplished mountain climber. Check out this shot of Frachey on the Alps we found in the Fila museum in #biella #italy #history #filatennis #mountain #outdoor #alps #archive #italia

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## Tags

italy, history, mountain, biella, outdoor, italia, archive, alps, tennis, throwbackthursday, filatennis, fila

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