Shoe The Most Ancient Basketball Shoes In The World

How should we write the history of sports shoes?

When you open up any history of sneakers, every veteran player will write, "the first real sense in the world." Basketball shoes It was produced by CONVERSE in 1923, and the great Chuck Taylor will be created in the 1917 All Star series of canvas shoes. " No matter which historical book it is, this has become a truth that cannot be disproved.

Yes, CONVERSE The legend began, so they ruled the market for half a century, until Nike defeated it with their own technological innovations. However, CONVERSE, which has been born with countless canvas shoes, always dominates the trend. Even in the market of basketball shoes, it can still sell All Star and Jack Purcell through a so-called retro wave.

However, maybe history is just a little bit of deviation, which leads to the fact that the truth is covered up. It has become a great and outstanding thing in the error of 100 years. How many times have we been accustomed to black and white upside down? How many historical figures have enjoyed the reputation that is not worthy of the name or the false name of the child. As great as TRAS, a hundred years later is Edison's footnote. Even though anger has given the whole New York the ultimate weapon, Tesla lightning, but how many people will remember the truth of history?

Similarly, if it weren't for the discovery of Gary Pifer in the second-hand market, maybe the ball might have happened. History of shoes Still ruled by CONVERSE, but thanks to the Internet, this dusty history is doomed to be seen again one day.

Let's take a fresh look at how the shoe 116 years ago came into being, where it was born, and its past and present life.

1838: the great discovery of Hayward & Goodyear

The two Americans, Nathaniel Hayward and Charles Goodyear, respectively contributed their strength to the discovery of vulcanized rubber roads. Hayward, like the majority of people in that era, contributed their strength to the vulcanized rubber road. However, Goodyear, who was interested in rubber, had gone through a crazy exploration on the basis of Hayward research. Even though she had been imprisoned for several times without money, the persistent Goodyear discovered rubber vulcanization in February 1839, which is the remote ancestor of modern rubber processing technology. Poor Goodyear has completed this great invention, but once again he was sent to prison because of poverty. When he was released from prison, he found himself a great success. In 1945, his invention was awarded the US patent.

1847: the establishment of Hayward Rubber Company

Though lagged behind Goodyear in the invention, Hayward's business mind is much stronger than the former. He founded his own rubber company in the year and began to produce rubber shoes until the factory was shut down in 1885.

1888: the establishment of Colchester Rubber Company

George Watkinson suddenly discovered huge business opportunities in the rubber market, and he decided to take over Hayward's old factories.

1891: basketball is born

Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Naismith's school is less than 50 kilometers away from the Colchester factory).

1892: the first pair of sneakers were born

George Watkinson invented the first pair of basketball shoes.

1893: Colchester Rubber Company acquired

The US Rubber Company acquired the Colchester rubber company, and the Colchester rubber factory closed down, and the Colchester series sports shoes ended.

2004: 1892 of sneakers were found.

After 112 years of baptism, the oldest pair of sneakers were finally discovered and found in California San Diego.

George Watkinson is an absolute pioneer. He began to design sports shoes for tennis, rowing, badminton and bicycles in 1870s and 80s, and he loves sports very much. He even lets company employees organize their own Olympic Games in PEAK. In 1892, he began to design high rubber shoes. The design room of the whole sneakers was based on George Watkinson's "Bals" model. When the sneakers were designed, they were immediately put into production.

The shoes we see are likely to be a pair of model shoes, because the sizes mentioned above are 9 and 1/2 yards, but the actual size is 12 yards.

Pay attention to two key points: 1891 and 1892. Only one year after Naismith invented basketball, Watkinson designed such a basketball shoe. You know that two people live in the same area, the distance between them is only 50 kilometers. Although we can not verify whether Naismith found the shoes made by Watkinson, but from the common sense, Watkinson, who was originally ambitious to occupy the sports market, should not suddenly choose to make sneakers for a sport that has just been born for a year. So the truth is most likely that Naismith has proposed to the Watkinson that it should make a sneaker suitable for playing basketball, and that Watkinson will also be completed on schedule. However, for a reason, the US Rubber company has acquired the Colchester rubber company, which has disappeared, and the great Watkinson has not heard from it.

The next history is CONVERSE. According to Robert W. Peterson's Cages to Jump Shots, the basketball shoes worn by the first basketball players are the standard fitness shoes, which are made of leather. In 1900, A.G- Spalding (Spalding) finally developed the prototype of basketball shoes. {page_break}

In 1908, Marquis Mills Converse decided to start a rubber product company. He founded CONVERSE, a Malden in Massachusetts. Subsequently, CONVERSE developed the first generation of All Star products in 1917, but the market repercussions were general. Until 1918, when Chuck Taylor joined the company, the sales situation began to change. Taylor, a basketball player, promoted All Star series basketball shoes while playing in all parts of the country, and changed it in 1923.

Chuck Taylor was once the first Celtic to play. He used to be a famous high school player. In the history of CONVERSE, Taylor had a very high position. It was his promotion and improvement that made the brand a very famous brand. The strangest thing was that although CONVERSE had printed his name in the trademark, Taylor had never been rich. All his life, he had only CONVERSE staff salaries. Over the years, he had been selling a pair of sneakers in the United States with a white Cadillac. He only lived in the cheapest Motel, and his home was in the dressing room of the company's warehouse in Chicago. In 1966, when CONVERSE occupied 80% of the market, Taylor began to decide to retire. In 1968, he officially left the company. In the second year, 1969, Taylor died at the age of 67. Subsequently, CONVERSE entered the decline phase.

Taylor's life has always been a mystery, though many people know him as a salesperson, but few people know about him besides business matters, including why he will transform the All Star series. If there are no responsible guesses, the horrible similarity between these two shoes may be the key to uncover the secrets of CONVERSE company and Taylor. Unfortunately, the truth may never be revealed for too long.

This is the poster of 188x.

Colchester rubber company site map

This is the first factory to produce the first pair of sneakers. It was built in 1767, bought by Nathanial Hayward in 1848, and died in Hayward in 1865. Locals believe that his ghost has been wandering around.