
The Converse Chuck Taylor All Star — formerly just the All Star — has been in constant production since 1917, and has gone virtually unchanged since 1949. Its gone from the world's most prevalent basketball sneaker to a lifestyle staple. It remains beloved both for its history and its simplicity. But there's a lot of backstory behind that canvas sneaker. Check out 50 Things You Didn't Know About Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars.
The Converse All-Star Was First Introduced in 1917

Converse All-Stars Were Worn By Team USA in the First Ever Olympic Basketball Game

A Pair of the Stars and Bars Pair Made for the Shoe's 75th Anniversary is in The Smithsonian

In 1997 550 Million Pairs of Converse All-Stars Were Produced

The Chuck Taylor All Star Patch Appeared on Another Converse Sneaker in 1996

Chuck Taylor Was As Important to Basketball As He Was Sneakers

The USA Lost Their First Olympic Basketball Game Wearing Converse Chuck Taylors

Dr. J Got His First Pair of Chucks at Age 7

There Were Chucks in The Sandlot, Not Just P.F. Flyers

The First NCAA Championship Game Takes Place, Both Teams Wore Chucks

Hunter S. Thompson Preferred Optical White Chuck Taylor Oxfords

Wilt Chamberlain Scored 100 Points in Chucks

Chuck Taylors Were The Shoe of Choice For Dennis The Menace

Chuck Taylors First Appeared on the Big Screen in Tall Story in 1960

The Popularity of Chuck Taylors With Musicians Inspired Converse's Rubber Tracks

Chuck Taylor Never Received a Commission

Converse Provided Custom All-Stars to the New York Rens

In The '60s, All-Stars Were Worn By 90 Percent of College and Professional Basketball Players

Chuck Taylor Never Played in the NBA

The Converse All-Star Was Originally Designed for Soccer and Netball

The Converse All-Star Was Not The First Basketball Shoe

By 1966, Converse Had An 80 Percent Share of the US Sneaker Market

The Rolling Stones Made the Chuck Taylor the Official Sneaker of the Steel Wheels Tour in 1989

During World War II, American Soldiers Trained In All-Stars

Chuck Taylor Improved The Shoe, Adding The Ankle Patch

Suede Was First Put on the Chuck Taylor in 1971

The Rubber Toe Cap, Laces And Midsole Were All Black Until After World War II

The Converse Rubber Shoe Company Was Founded in Malden, MA In 1908

The Pivot Point Was Added to the Outsole Design in 1928

Chucks First Appeared on Television in the Late '50s on The Donna Reed Show

Ventilation Eyelets Were Added in 1932

Chuck Taylors Were Made In The USA Until 2001

The Slang Term "Chucks" Began in the 1970s

Chuck Taylor's Name Was Added To the Shoe In 1923

The Basic Design of the Chuck Taylor All-Star Hasn't Changed Since 1949

Converse Sold $450 Million In Chucks In 2012

The Corrugated Edge Design Was Added in 1928

It Was The First Non-Skid Basketball Shoe

Tree Rollins Was the Last NBA Player to Wear Chucks... in 1979

The Classic Black and White Version of the Chuck Taylor Was Introduced in 1949

At Their Peak, Converse Made Approximately 500 Versions of the Chuck Taylor

The First Colored Versions Available Were Gold, Green, Orange, Red, Blue and Light Blue

Converse Introduced Colored Canvas All-Stars in 1971

Glow-In-The-Dark Chucks Were First Introduced in 1988

The Oxford Model of the Chuck Taylor Was Introduced in 1957

Camoflauge Chuck Taylors Were First Introduced in 1983

The White Version of the Chuck Taylor All-Star Was Introduced in the Summer of 1936

The Ramones Originally Wore PRO-Keds Not Chucks

The Converse All-Stars Was the Name of the Company Basketball Team

There's a Pair of Chuck Taylors Purchased Every 43 Seconds
