Good News in History, June 24![Chuck Taylor basketball player-wikipedia](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tbHWVd9LGJiT1tO6FV9wILV3viqDAA8EWHjRqH32a2bsZIWrwMyEEHFZZH_tn_hFHoN27D6pqeHRps-egK-M-D4TnOVSaAaUqy9hvNQZa33rqwboUhj2laLrLWC_vCAaJ5dj5NzuLMunV-BgMsEdsKuv_Mk1D56CeE50oBTBce794EJvHrAWXdPosVnbhOxXc=s0-d)
On this day 115 years ago, shoe salesman Chuck Taylor was born in Indiana. While playing basketball in high school, Taylor began wearing the Converse All-Star shoe introduced in 1917. He became such a fan that he approached the company for a job, and traveled across America selling the shoes as he organized basketball clinics. Because he was so successful in promoting the shoe—winning an 80% share of the entire sneaker industry—as well as fine-tuning its design to improve performance on the court, such as adding a reinforcing ankle patch, Converse added his signature, “Chuck Taylor,” to that patch and their star logo in 1932. The All-Stars sneakers, simply known as ‘Chucks,’ became the most successful basketball shoe in history, with 800 million pairs sold. Other notables… (1901)
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