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the first athlets shoe
1908: Marquis Mills Converse founds the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, MA. -
when they first hit the flood in the nba
1917: The world’s first performance basketball shoe, Converse All Star sneaker, comes off factory lines. -
the modern idea of the converses
1921 -- Taylor pitches some ideas on improving the shoes to Converse. -
both nba and ncaa wear chuck taylors
1939 -- Taylor's shoes make it on both teams in the NCAA basketball championship games -
the multi converes changed to a new color
1966 -- Leaping from black and white to living color, Converse introduces seven new All Star hues. -
converse sign dwayne wade to wear the produce
2005 -- Converse launches the Dwyane Wade shoe, its first signature basketball shoe since the Chuckies debuted -
the 2009 cons skate shoe
2009: Exclusive CONS skateboarding footwear line debuts globally with skate ambassador team including Sammy Baca, Ethan Fowler, Rune Glifberg, Raymond Molinar, Anthony Pappalardo and Nick Trapasso. -
sold over 500 million pair in its 75th anniversarty
1992 -- More than 500 million pairs of All Star sneakers have been sold by the shoe's 75th anniversary. -
the 10th anniversary of the converse
2008 -- Converse celebrates its 100th anniversary. -
2010 second largest retail store shop in the U.S
2010: Converse opens second and largest US retail specialty shop in Manhattan, opening just weeks after the company’s launch of their first-ever specialty retail store in the Newbury Street neighborhood of Boston, Mass. Converse renews its relationship with Julius “Dr. J”
