This just makes great pop culture trivial. Everyone should file this information to mental index for future bar-conversations-run-dry.

Do we care that the Stan Smith, name sake of the iconic adidas Stan Smith, was a hotshot Tennis Pro from the late 60’s, and had he not been the finer player, the shoe would have been called a Haillet after a French man? (Hardly the same ring for the most popular tennis shoe ever). Well yes, because it will earn you extra peanut points and a drink.

Poor Chuck Taylor -  his name immortalized in the most iconic gig photo galleries and style sites but nary a cent did he get from royalties. And no, he wasn’t the founder of Converse either. He was a mere salaried salesman who ended up as a free mascot.