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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.
By the 1950s, Chuck Taylor All Stars had become a standard among high school, collegiate, and professional basketball players. [10]In the 1960s, Converse had captured about 70 to 80 percent of the basketball shoe market, with Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars being worn by ninety percent of professional and college basketball players.
Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1953), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy; Charlie Taylor (rugby league) (1921–2013), English rugby league footballer; Chuck Taylor (baseball) (1942–2018), American baseball player; Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), American basketball player and shoe salesman
Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48).
Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), basketball player and sneaker pioneer Colin Taylor (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2005), association (soccer) footballer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Colin Taylor (footballer, born 1971) association (soccer) footballer of the 1990s
The Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award was created to honor the most valuable player of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) men's basketball national tournaments.
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
Taylor was raised by his mother, Myrtle, and step father, James Stevenson. His mother was a domestic worker, chef, butcher and restaurant owner. His stepfather constructed parts for airplanes. [2] Taylor began playing sports in junior high school, and was playing football, baseball, basketball, and running in track by the eighth grade. [2]