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2937.946 - 2968.363 David Rosenthal

So legend has it, you know, knowing these men, I assume this is quite true. Bowerman is casting about for other ideas for names of the shoe. And he says to Knight, what was the name of that Spanish guy that kicked the you-know-what out of the Aztecs? And Knight is like, oh, that's Cortez. And thus, the blue ribbon slash tiger Cortez is born. Naming aside, the nylon uppers are a huge innovation.