- Marquis M. Converse founded Converse Rubber Shoe Company in the year of 1908 in Malden, Massachusett
- s. In 1917 the company presented their first basketball shoe, the Converse All Star, that with every
- step you took gave off a characteristic squeaking noise that today is firmly associated with basketb
- all arenas and courts. At the Olympic games in 1984, Converse were the official supplier of equipmen
- t to basketball legends like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, who have both collaborated with the tradi