Chuck Taylor

This article is about basketball player Charles Taylor . For the rapper also known by this name, see The Game (Rapper) .

Charles Hollis Taylor , better known as Chuck Taylor (born June 24, 1901 in Brown County (Indiana) , † June 23, 1969 in Port Charlotte , Florida ) was an American basketball player who is still known today for the basketball shoe named after him is.

After Taylor graduated from high school , he started playing basketball professionally from 1919. In 1921, he contacted Converse to suggest improvements to their shoes because his feet were sore. This led to a collaboration that eventually led to Taylor's autograph and name being used on the "All-Star" shoes a few years later. In World War II, coached Taylor a service basketball team.

In 1969 Chuck Taylor was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , the same year he died at the age of 67. Until shortly before his death he worked as an ambassador for the Converse company.

literature

• Abraham Aamidor: Chuck Taylor, All Star: The True Story of the man behind the most famous athletic shoe in history. Indiana University Press, 2006

See also

• List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Web links

• Chuck Taylor in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018 (in English).
• Abraham Aamidor's blog
• Bob Ford (Philadelphia Inquirer): It just could be goodbye for a beloved old basketball shoe. Converse, its market share almost nonexistent now, has filed for bankruptcy. Its All-Stars may be history. It just could be goodbye for a beloved old basketball shoe. On: Chucks Connection website; without location, 1998–2019 (article date: January 23, 2001). Retrieved February 28, 2019 (in English).

swell

1. ^ Theresa Shadrix: Chuck Taylor - The man behind the shoes , The Anniston Star, August 19, 2007
2. ↑ Chuck Taylor's entry in the Basketball Hall of Fame ( Memento from August 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )