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basketball player. Known for. Chuck Taylor All-Stars. Charles Hollis Taylor(June 24, 1901 – June 23, 1969) was an American basketballplayer and basketball shoe salesman/marketerwho was associated with Chuck Taylor All-Stars, which he helped to improve and promote. Early life and education.
By the 1950s, Chuck Taylor All Stars had become a standard among high school, collegiate, and professional basketball players. In the 1960s, Converse had captured about 70 to 80 percent of the basketball shoe market, with Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars being worn by ninety percent of professional and college basketball players.
The Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award was created to honor the most valuable player of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) men's basketball national tournaments. Established in 1939 and later named as an homage to the Chuck Taylor All-Stars, an iconic basketball shoe in the early 20th century, it has been awarded ...
In 1922, basketball player Charles H. "Chuck" Taylor walked into Converse complaining of sore feet, and Converse gave him a job as a salesman and ambassador. He promoted the shoes around the U.S., and in 1932 Taylor's signature was added to the All-Star patch on the high-topped sneakers.
College Basketball Hall of Fame. Inducted in 2006. Frederick Rankin Taylor (December 3, 1924 – January 6, 2002) was a college men's basketball coach for Ohio State University from 1959 to 1976. Prior to that, he played baseball for the Washington Senators .
Every city school involved in annual two-day basketball event at Battle Creek Central Fieldhouse on Dec. 27-28 Here is who is playing and when in annual Chuck Turner Classic holiday shootout Skip ...
Charles Isham Taylor (1875–1922), American baseball player and manager and co-founder of the Negro National League. Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1960), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne, Carlton, and St Kilda. Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1953), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy.
Former professional basketball player Brian Taylor, a Perth Amboy native, looks at a rendering of the murals honoring him and inspiring city youth being painted at Washington Park in Perth Amboy ...