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The Trash Talking Pros With Keds
Date: 1960s
Pro Keds shoes arrived on the NBA scene in the early 1950s as a competitor to Converse Chuck Taylor’s. The Pro Keds marketing slogan of the era resembled off-court trash talk: “We challenge any other shoe. Anytime. Anywhere.” While Pro Keds were more associated with fellow Celtics legend Jo Jo White, John Havlicek signed this pair.
( C ) NBA/Celtics (photo by Heritage Werks)