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Here’s a 1977 vintage sneaker ad for Starting Line Sports featuring vintage runners from Nike, Brooks, adidas, Puma, New Balance, Etonic, Tiger and Converse. This original vintage Starting Line Sports print ad is available at our web store RewindRunning.com.

Outside of that, seeing as today is New Year’s Day, we hope everyone has a very Happy New Year and an awesome 2023.

Ad info is below:

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Puma Easy Rider

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Brooks 430 Vantage

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Brooks Texan

Tiger Spartan B

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Brooks Victress

Nike Waffle Trainer

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Brooks 430 Delta

Tiger Montreal

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Here’s an old school ad from 1967 for the TG-4 nylon Marathon shoe by Tiger. This ad is from way back when Nike co-founder was Tiger’s main distributor in the United States and probably the only time that he ever sold a sneaker donning a 3 striped logo.

This original print in a 1967 Track and Field News magazine is available over at RewindRunning.com.

Ad info is below:

Thousands of feet of distance runners are stamping out a …

TRACK SHOE REVOLUTION

Proving with the fastest marathon clocking ever, and two NCAA College Division Cross Country Championships in the last two years; that:

THE BEST SHOES ARE NOT EXPENSIVE THE BEST SHOES ARE SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES THE BEST SHOES ARE

Tiger

THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE TIGER REVOLUTIONISTS:

TG-4 NYLON MARATHON SHOE

New nylon upper makes this shoe 30 grams lighter, much more comfortable, and considerably improved in all ways over the old model which drew these quotes:

"The niftiest racing shoe to ever come along."

"Absolutely the best racing shoe I've ever worn."

"The finest road-racing shoe in the world."

For complete catalog write to:

BLUE RIBBON SPORTS

(Exclusive U. S. Tiger Distributors) 3107 PICO BLVD., SUITE A SANTA MONICA, CALIF. 90405 (213) 393-1025