23-01-08, 06:25 PM
According to 'Pitch Invasion' by Barbara Smit (cracking read by the way), the guy credited with inventing the adidas Superstar basket ball shoe is a bloke called Chris Severn. Mr Dassler had the sneaker ready but it was Severn who added the now iconic rubber "shell toe", back in 1969. I know the 35th Anniversary was based on 1970, but that's what the book says.
Wonder if he's still alive? He certainly deserves to be honored/knighted/cannonised the whole kaboodle!!
fc
Wonder if he's still alive? He certainly deserves to be honored/knighted/cannonised the whole kaboodle!!
fc
'All sins tend to be addictive and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.' - W H Auden