Ann LaRose is on the hunt for a pair of 1960s Converse Chuck Taylor hightop sneakers. She is told Dave Leach kept his from the 1965 Final Four.
The Shockers wore Chucks that season — everybody did in those days — and LaRose wants to see and feel the real thing for her work memorializing star player Dave Stallworth in bronze.
She would love to find a uniform from that season to help her create a life-size sculpture of Stallworth, the former Wichita State All-American basketball player. For LaRose, research into the subject’s look and personality is important.