Jordan 1 Retro High OG University of North Carolina PE
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The Jordan 1 TD PE Blue Release
The Air Jordan 1 is the trainer that started it all, marking the beginning of the most iconic lineage of trainers in history. In many ways, it's responsible for launching modern-day trainer culture as a whole - and it almost didn't happen.
History of Air Jordan 1
As the story goes, the year was 1984, and Chicago Bulls' rookie Michael Jordan was a hot commodity for endorsement deals, with trainers naturally being paramount.
Jordan had just come off a stellar college basketball season at the University of North Carolina. He wore Converse and was a personal fan of Adidas, so he took meetings with both companies, but they never reached a deal. It seems strange today, but at the time, Michael Jordan hated Nike - so much so that he refused to take a meeting with them.
He was persuaded by his mother, Deloris Jordan, to visit the Nike campus in Oregon and listen to their pitch. His plan was to go through the motions to appease his parents and agent but he ultimately left with a contract unlike any other.
Rather than walking in the shadows of established athletes like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird (which may have been the case had he signed elsewhere), Michael Jordan shone in the Nike limelight. He was paid more than any other athlete with a trainer endorsement at the time. Nike made him the face of its growing presence in basketball, and gave him his own trainer line - called Air Jordan.
Jordan 1 Retro High OG University of North Carolina PE
As Michael Jordan's alma mater, it seemed only fitting for the basketball star to pay tribute to the University of North Carolina's other sports programs. To do so, Jordan Brand created a Player Exclusive Jordan 1 Retro High OG trainer. On this particular design, Jordan incorporates a tri-colour scheme of White, Dark Navy, and University Blue to pay his respects to the Tar Heel Nation. The trainer features a textured scale-like upper with stingray leather panels. Also unique to the trainer is the UNC emblem stamped onto the trainer's left tongue in place of the Nike Air symbol. This new design was released to UNC players in the US in January of 2020.
