CNN —Depending on your age, the name Stan Smith probably means one of two things.
Even Jordan doesn’t have his face on a sneaker.”Stan Smith during his victorious 1972 Wimbledon run.
The rise in popularity of the Stan Smith sneaker coincided with a slump towards the end of his tennis career and it began permeating a wide array of cultures in the UK and US.
“It was one of my goals to win that tournament,” Smith says.
Stan Smith, Ilie Năstase and Tom Okker at a meeting of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in London, 20th June 1973.
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