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Overview"In 1921, Converse hired 20-year-old Chuck Taylor as a salesman, sparking a nearly 50-year career that defined the Converse All Star basketball shoe. Although his name is on the label of the legendary All Stars, which have been worn by hundreds of millions, little is known about the man behind the name. For this biography, Abe Aamidor went on a three-year quest to learn the true story of Chuck Taylor. The search took him across the country, tracking down leads, separating fact from fiction, and discovering that the truth-warts and all-was much more interesting than the myth. Chuck Taylor was a basketball player who also served as a wartime coach with the US Army Air Forces and organized thousands of high school and college basketball clinics. He was a true ""ambassador of basketball"" in Europe and South America as well as all over the United States. And he was, to be sure, a consummate marketing genius who was inducted into the Sporting Goods Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Chuck Taylor, All Star is the true story of a man, a company, a sport, and a nation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Abraham AamidorPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Edition: Commemorative Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9780253030061ISBN 10: 0253030064 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 24 April 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction to the Second Edition Foreword by Dean Smith Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Hall of Fame 2. Non-Skids 3. Salesman 4. The Invisible Pass 5. Special Service 6. Air-Tecs 7. World Tourney 8. ""Me"" 9. Glory Appendix: The History of the Converse Rubber Shoe Company Notes on Research Notes Index"ReviewsAuthor InformationAbe Aamidor has reported for The Indianapolis Star, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. He is author of Real Feature Writing and Real Sports Reporting and resides in Carmel, Indiana. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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