By the 1920s, the brand's sneakers were being used by Olympic soccer players, tennis champions ... They launched their sporty Pro-Keds silhouette in 1953, and the shoe became a cult favorite ...

Pro-Keds was conceived as performance footwear for top athletes and quickly gained recognition in basketball, American ...

FEMALE TENNIS STARS GAVE THE SIGNATURE SHOE ITS NAME ... as you’ll see in the clip above. 9. PRO KEDS DOMINATED THE EARLY 1970S BASKETBALL SCENE. Keds tried to position itself as the basketball ...

‘Pro Keds originally had strong associations with basketball, American football and tennis from the 1930s onwards, but was adopted much later by underground music movements, including Northern Soul ...

The leather tennis sneaker that would become the Stan ... and enough to get Kareem out of PRO-Keds and into the Three Stripes. Year Released: 1971 The upstart ABA introduced a lot of things ...

tennis, racquetball, etc.), the All Court has remained one of the brand’s cleanest silhouettes. 9. Pro-Keds Royal Pro-Keds were a luxurious alternative to Chuck Taylors in the 1970’s ...