My+Expertalitynesness+on+Charles+Hollis+Taylor

Charles Hollis Taylor; who is this man might you ask? Well, basketball star, coach, mentor, promoter, supporter, these are just a few things to discribe this person to you. Born in 1901 in Columbus, Indiana in Brown County, Taylor had a love for sports and basketball. He played for his highschool team throughout his teen years. In March of 1919, Taylor was out on the court playing his first professional basketball game at only 17. His first mentioned basketball team was the Akron Firestones Non-Skids. They were an Industrial-League team until 1937 rolled along and them and the Fort Wayne G.E. Tecs came together during World War 2 and officially came together to make themselves known as the NBA in 1949. Charles signature was put on the Converse AllStar shoe logo tag in 1932 after a series of business reversals came into the company. The new brand name, Convere AllStars, came after he had set up clinics in highschools and colleges and promoted the shoes all over the U.S. He became a coach and player for their new AllStar team and they had even higher potentials in their shoe business now that Taylor promoted them. Before Taylor graduated he got accepted into an Ivy-League College under a basketball scholarship but turned it down to tour around the U.S. His basketball skills were good and touring with his highschool team mate, Carlyle Friddle, made it better. Friddle was one of the "Wonder 5's" in highschool and him and Taylor were very food at the sport. In June 23, 1969, 1 day before he turned 68,ain't that bad luck? Taylor died from