Chuck Taylor, All Star

The True Story of the Man behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History

Abraham Aamidor (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

202 Seiten

2017
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-03006-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Abe 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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	29.04.2017
Zusatzinfo	13 b&w photos
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
ISBN-10	0-253-03006-4 / 0253030064
ISBN-13	978-0-253-03006-1 / 9780253030061
Zustand	Neuware