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Running Backs
Player: Barry Sanders
Shoe: Nike Air Zoom Turf
Barry Sanders’ can’t-miss quickness made him the perfect pigskin spokesman for Zoom Air technology and thus the Nike Air Zoom Turf. Considered by some to be the greatest running back of all time, #20 dashed, dipped, juked and jumped in this classic model that has received the retro treatment. Now if only the Super Zooms would come back…
Player: Jerome Bettis
Shoe: Nike Total Air Max Bus
Just as Barry Sanders epitomized Zoom Air, Jerome Bettis embodied Total Air. The Nike Total Air Max Bus was the one and only signature shoe for the Pittsburgh public transportation system, riding on full-length Air before it was the norm. Though the outsole was more trainer than turf, Jerome would rock these on artificial surfaces for much of the 1998 season.
