Fred Perry

Fred Perry was the son of a Stockport cotton spinner, who went on to become a World Table Tennis Champion at the tender age of just 19. Not soon after making the switch to lawn tennis and winning Wimbledon three times with his trademark killer forehand. In the 1940s, Fred Perry was approached by an ex-Austrian football player, Tibby Wegner, who had invented the first sweatband. Wegner and Perry worked together to launch the sweatband as the first product in the Fred Perry clothing line.