McEnroe's Nike Sneakers Features in Men's Vogue

This month's Men's Voguefeatures a brief story about the history behind John McEnroe's current Nike sneakers - the Nike Air Zoom Mo GT Court.

During a trip to Nike's Portland headquarters in 1983, where an innovation group was sharing the latest training sneakers, the precocious McEnroe grabbed a racquetball shoe prototype with added ankle support from the bottom of a paper bag. "The guys were freaking out because this wasn't supposed to go to market," Perkins recalls. "It was an advanced concept, and suddenly he started wearing this shoe and immediately playing his tournament matches in it." McEnroe was never one for formality -- he once made a stir in the player's tearoom at Wimbledon by eating the traditional strawberries and cream without a spoon. As they say, if the shoe fits.

From Tennis Served Fresh and Men's Vogue

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