Tennis

Pro-Keds Sneakers

Continually innovating and adding new products to their product lines, Keds became by the 1940’s the most important manufacturer of canvas sneakers in the world. In 1949 they created the Pro-Keds brand, which went on to compete directly with Converse Chuck Taylor on the professional sports apparel market, particularly basketball. Nate Archibald, Kareem Abdul Jabar [...]