Charlie's Sneaker Pages

It's the cold time of the year: time for hot sneakers!

Athletic shoes... Many types, many nicknames:

Well, whatever you call them, this is the place you'll see them on the World Wide Web. I'm Charlie and these are my Sneaker Pages!

So many sneakers... so few feet...

USEFUL NOTES:

Most of the in-line sneaker pictures are linked to larger JPEG files... try clicking the picture to download the larger image to your Web browser.
The legends and indicate a significant change in (approximately) the last 30 days. Like almost all Web sites, I'm always under construction as new stuff comes in... but I do it on the fly and give my readers a hint where to look!

Now, to the sneakers!

adidas Cities Series:
- Europe
- North America
Archaeology [sneakers before Charlie can remember]:
- Prehistoric: Fossilized Sneaker
- 10th Century AD: Sneakers during the Viking invasions of Europe
- 1908: Converse - Classic Sneakers
- 1917: They've made Keds for a long, long time!
- 1919: Converse "Big Nine" high-tops
- 1922 Sneaker Styles:
- 1931 Sneaker Styles:
  - Baseball Cleats
  - Boys' Speed Shoes
  - Regulation Style Track Shoes
  - Super-Service Sport Shoes
  - Women's Gym Shoes and the latest in Gym Wear
- 1934: Keds for Boys
- 1935: Goodrich (now Converse) Jack Purcell
- 1946 Sneaker Styles:
- 1948: Converse Gym Shoes
- 1940's:
  - Canvas duck deck sneakers
- 1950's onward:
  - Various Sneakers with the PF Flyers Name
Athletes with shoes named after them:
- Badminton/tennis players:
  - PURCELL, Jack
- Basketball players:
- Basketball player turned master shoe salesman: TAYLOR, Chuck
  - Chuck's basketball shoe
  - Chuck's football shoe
  - Chuck's golf shoe
  - Chuck's track training shoe
  - Chuck's wrestling shoe
- Tennis players:
A walk down Charlie's Memory Lane:
- 1960: Mom's One Of Us (She's Got Keds)
- 1962: P-F Sneakers
- 1960's and 1970's:
  - Generic running-type sneakers (aka "adidas Clones")
  - Generic basketball-type sneakers (aka "Chuck Clones")
  - Converse "Track Star" shoes
  - Mitsubishi "Mr. Sneekers"
  - Now it Can Be Revealed... Sneakers of the Cold War
  - PRO-Keds Sneakers
  - The original cross-trainers?
  - Track training shoes from adidas
- About 1963: adidas Rod Laver
- 1965: JEEPERS! They're from Sears!
- 1966: VANS Sneakers
- 1968:
  - adidas Gazelle
  - Consumer Reports Magazine Reviews Kids' Sneakers
  - Onitsuka Corsair
- About 1969:
  - Chuck Taylor wrestling shoes
  - Chuck and COACH
- 1970:
  - adidas Country
  - adidas "Shell-Toes" models:
    - Promodel
    - Superstar
  - adidas Stan Smith
- About 1970:
  - Converse "Chuck Taylor Trainer"
  - Converse "COACH" sneakers
- About 1972:
  - adidas GYM
  - adidas SL72
  - Nike Cortez
- 1973:
  - Charlie's First Two Pairs of Canvas Chucks
  - Converse Suede/Leather All Star
- About 1973: Tretorn Nylite
- About 1974:
  - Converse One Star
  - Nike Waffle Trainer
  - Puma "Clyde" (suede)
  - Puma "Basket" (leather) and "Super Basket"
- About 1975... Early Nike styles:
  - Blazer
  - Bruin
  - Marathon
- About 1976:
  - adidas Dragon
  - adidas Montreal Olympics Logo Sneakers
  - adidas SL76
  - Converse "Dr. J" (Pro Leather)
- About 1977: PRO-Keds Two-Stripe Sneakers
- About 1978: adidas Tobacco
- About 1979:
  - Converse All Star II
  - adidas Shooting Star
  - Nike All Court
- About 1980:
  - adidas Samoa
  - Converse "Star and Chevron" Suede
  - Onitsuka Tiger Limberup Moscow
- About 1982:
  - Converse Pro Star
  - Nike Air Force I
- 1983: adidas Campus
- 1984: Nike Vandal
- 1985: Nike Terminator
- About 1985 - Pioneering Reebok aerobics and fitness shoes:
  - Freestyle
  - Ex-O-Fit
  - Comparison - Ex-O-Fit, Freestyle, Exertion
- About 1986 - Early Reebok sneakers for tennis and basketball:
  - Reebok Phase I
  - Reebok BB4600
  - Reebok BB5600
- 1986: adidas Attitude
- 1987:
  - Canvas New Balance High-Tops
  - Reebok Workout
- 1989: Sneakers under Pressure
- 1990's-on: Reebok Classic series
- 1990: Nike Air Flight
- 1992: Nike Air Huarache series
- 1993: Nike Air Jordan #9
- 1994: Nike Air Max Triax (part one)
- 1996: Nike Air Max Triax (part two)
- 1997: A Christmas Story
- 2001: Another Christmas Story
- About 2002: Reebok Exertion
- Spring 2017: Damaged Left Foot
- September 2017: Nike Tanjun
Basketball (from the sneaker's point of view)
Cardiologists and Sneakers
Charlie's Commentaries:
- About my 25th anniversary high school reunion
- A dissertation on the size of sneakers
- About software development
- Brown Sneakers
- Favorite Sneakers:
- Hall of Shame (for the most disappointing sneakers)
- One pair of sneakers (on a desert island)
- Top Ten Sneakers
Cleats Like Mike
Coming soon, to a store near you?
- Drug Sneakers
- Dynamic Athletic Footwear Technology
- Service Station Attendant Sneakers
Converse Fan Club:
- A classic gets a 21st-century technology update
- A sneaker pentathlon featuring Chuck Taylor:
- Chuck takes it EZ
- Converse in the heavy load zone
- Helium Shoes from Converse
- Indonesian Chucks and American Chucks Compared
- Julius Erving and Converse:
  - In the early 1980s
  - In the late 1990s
- Premium All Star
- Stars in a different universe
- Yes, there was a Jack Purcell
Drug Sneakers
FAQ and Glossary
FILA: Flash in the pan or long-term market presence?
Gadgets I wish they would have had when I was a kid
Illuminated Sneakers (You Light Up My Sneakers)
International Size Cross-Reference
Manufacturer contacts and Web sites
My former teammates and their sneakers:
- The gals
- The guys
My kind of sneakers!
Nike Fan Club:
- Air, Air, and More Air
- Charlie and NIKEiD
- Experiments in Minimalism
- Nike AIR Technology Explained
- The only shoe Nike needs to add to their product line
- The shoe for "Round Mounds of Rebound"
- The shoe like Mike!
- When is a SWOOSH not a SWOOSH?
Patriotic American Sneakers
Smokable Sneakers?
Sneaker Advertising Bloopers:
- A new HOT basketball shoe from Nike
- ASICS Matflex SKATE shoes?
- Boys - Pretty in Pink?
- Eat these sneakers!
- High Tops Three?
- New but Unbalanced
- Not merely TAR - but SUPERTAR!
- Shoes for GRILS?
- Sneakers for Anxious People
- Three Stripe Reebok Sneakers?
- Toyz 'R' Reeboks
- Why your kids may have trouble reading
- Running Somethings
Sneaker Jokes:
- Joke #1: Reebok fans will appreciate this joke
- Joke #2: Nike lovers and Reebok haters will laugh at this joke
- Joke #3: Converse "Chuck Taylor" All Star lovers will scowl after reading this joke
- Joke #4: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should love this joke
Sneaker Technologies:
- Helium Shoes from Converse
- High-Top Tops
- Illuminated Sneakers (You Light Up My Sneakers)
- Nike AIR Technology Explained
- Sneaker Outsoles (where the "Rubber meets the Road")
- Sneakers under Pressure
- Strap those feet in so they don't get loose!
- What side of the sneaker gets the logo?
Soccer Boots
Sport Sandals: Sneakers Minimized
STILL seeking sneaker information? Check here, too!
- Ask your question to the USENET sneaker discussion group alt.clothing.sneakers
- FAQ and Glossary
- Find places that sell sneakers at the GGP and Simon Property Group Web sites
- International Size Cross-Reference
- Manufacturer contacts and Web sites
- Reviews of Barefoot Running Shoes
- Search Charlie's Sneaker Pages for more information
- Shoe Industry Organizations
- Visit the Web sites of Other Sneaker Fanatics
Tennis shoes... or so they're called
Tires and Sneakers
Tommy Hilfiger sneakers
Unusual Sneakers From Around The World:
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Hungary
Unusual Oriental-design sneakers
Unusual uses for sneakers
What's a Performa? Computer, sneaker, or washer?
Winning in the Stock Market:
- 1994 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 1995 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 1996 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 1997 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 1998 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 1999 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2000 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2001 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2002 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2003 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2004 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2005 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2006 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2007 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2008 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2009 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2010 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2011 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2012 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2013 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2014 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2015 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2016 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2017 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2018 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2019 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup
- 2020 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup (coming soon)
- 2021 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup (coming soon)
- 2022 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup (coming soon)
- 2023 Athletic Shoe Stock Roundup (coming soon)
Women's Athletic Shoes
Wrestling Shoes: High, Tight, and Light

Charlie's Other Information:

A peek into Charlie's old sneaker boxes
Charlie and all his fun links to other places>
- Little Charlie did the most amazing things!
Genealogical Research:
- Charlie and the results of his Internet-enhanced genealogical research
- No hot leads here? Try Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
IMPORTANT NOTES about the information on this Web site
Links of Interest for Boeing Teammates and Retirees
Polly's Soda Pop (Vanishing Americana at its most flavorful... now in limited reissue!)
Signs and Stuff that caught Charlie's eye

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