“Rod Laver” definition

Rod (Rodney George) Laver was an Australian tennis pro of the 1960's. Like Stan Smith, an American tennis player around the same era, adidas gave him the honors of a namesake shoe. This performance tennis shoe has a breathable mesh upper, with a special suede toecap for protective reinforcement and a polyurethane sole to provide outstanding traction on or off the court. The Rod Laver shoe is standard equipment for a sport not yet invented when Rod was a tennis star. Many freestyle footbag players prefer the Rod Laver and its smooth sides of nylon mesh. Their requests were instrumental in bringing the Rod Laver shoe out of retirement and back into shoe stores. Note that the Rod Laver does not have any side stripes.