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in 1908 the rubber shoe company opened in malden, Massachusetts. The company begun as a rubber shoe manufacturer, which offered winterized rubber soled footwear for men, women, and children.
By 1910 the Converse Company was producing 4,000 shoes daily, but it wasn't until 1912, that the company first started producing athletic shoes for tennis. -
In 1917, basketball was revolutionized by the introduction of the world's first performance basketball shoes, the Converse All Star.
A year later, Charles H. Taylor, a basketball player from the Akron Firestones, acquired his first pair of All Star shoes, and while wearing his Converse shoes, he introduced basketball as a sport to Americans across the country. -
Charles Chuck Taylor officially joined Converse in 1921 as America 's first player endorser; Chuck's signature was added two years later in the All Star patch.
Converse shoes kept growing, and steamed ahead through the 30's as the nation's interest in basketball increased. -
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in 1984 converse sponsered the olympics
