I realize every amateur and professional basketball player wore Converse "Chuck Taylor" sneakers in the 50s and 60s. How about the NFL? This photo is from a 1950s game between New York and Dallas. The Dallas WR is obviously wearing black Chucks. The New York DB (#22) may be wearing white Chucks.
WHO KNEW?

Who needed anything more? Spoiled brats. I wish I still had mine. And by the way, who the hell was Chuck Taylor?

I believe Chuck Taylor was a basketball player that Converse hired in the early 20's to work for them selling shoes and promoting basketball. I believe he is in the baseketball hall of fame.

-Peter

i do know why NFL players worn chuck taylors in 1920s-1950s
because there were football fields where they had few grasses and the ground was SO HARD for the players to wear cleats, remmy the cleats back then were longer and solid so their feet were in bad shape. The chuck taylors shoes were best wearable for them back then. One time, the NY giants played one of COLDEST game, they had to contact boston celtics or the new york knickerboxers to borrow their chuck taylor shoes at last minutes because the cleats cannot be worn on the FROZEN SOLID GROUND during pre game practice!!! The players tend to wear chuck taylor shoes when there is COLD weathered that caused the ground to be FROZEN or the ground being too solid to wear cleats.


hope it helps
i can give u more information of YEAR and which team that worn chuck taylor, what i gave was from my head

thanks;)
marcus