Chuck Taylor was a person and Chuck Taylor All-Stars were a brand of basketball shoe manufactured, with much input from Chuck Taylor about design and comfort, by Converse. Click on the 'Chuck Taylor' link below to read about the man.
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Basketball. And Chuck Taylor was a famous player back in the days, and his name placed on the famous "chuck taylor" hightops.
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The first Chuck Taylor shoes were used in basketball in 1918.
It became popular when everyone saw that Chuck Taylor was playing Basketball with them on!!!
It became popular when everyone saw that Chuck Taylor was playing basketball with them on!!!
Chuck Taylor was a famous basketball player that later has become a salesman for the company. The first Chuck Taylors were used in 1918. Check http://www.conversstore.net and go to the History Section you will see a timeline link at the bottom.
Twice actually, the 1st lady he was married to was Ruth Taylor (better known as Ruth Alder) then the rumor is Chuck was giving a basketball clinic and he ran off and got married to this other girl, Lucy Taylor Hennessey.
Marquis Converse was the woman who originally invented Converse sneakers. Converse was really her last name, so that is how that started. Chuck Taylor came in when everybody discovered how good he was at basketball, so Chuck earned the privilege to design one of the bestselling basketball shoes ever. Unfortunately, Converse sneakers went bankrupt in 2001, with lack of selling the sneakers, so Nike bought them out 2 years later (2003).
Chuck Taylor All Stars also known as converses was first produced in 1917 initially marketed towards basketball players, however, the design was modified in 1920 for all consumers.
Chuck Evans - basketball - was born in 1971.