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Taylor's greatest legacy is the iconic Converse All Star shoe that he helped to improve and tirelessly promoted for nearly four decades. Most American basketball players wore Chuck Taylor All Stars between the mid-1920s and the 1970s. Converse All Stars were also the official basketball shoe of the Olympic games from 1936 until 1968.
To promote sales of Converse All Star shoes to basketball players, Taylor held basketball clinics in high school and college gyms and YMCAs all across the United States and taught the fundamentals of the game. [7] During the 1926–27 season Taylor also served as a player-manager of the company-sponsored basketball team called the Converse All ...
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Established in 1939 and later named as an homage to the Chuck Taylor All-Stars, an iconic basketball shoe in the early 20th century, it has been awarded every year with the exceptions of 1944 due to World War II and 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. [1]
The U.S. market for sneakers grew steadily as young boys lined up to buy Converse All Stars sneakers endorsed by basketball player Chuck Taylor. During the interwar period, athletic shoes began to be marketed for different sports, and differentiated designs were made available for men.
Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), American basketball player and shoe salesman/evangelist Chuck Taylor (baseball) (1942–2018), American baseball pitcher and player Chuck Wepner (born 1939), American heavyweight boxer
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Charles H. Taylor (lyricist) (1859–1907), British lyricist Charles H. Taylor (publisher) (1846–1921), American journalist and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), American basketball player and businessman