Showing posts with label W(oodrow) W(ilson) “Foots” Clements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label W(oodrow) W(ilson) “Foots” Clements. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

'Foots' Clements, Master of the Soft-Drink Sell.



As a farm boy in Alabama, W.W. Clements was trained by his father to introduce himself by saying, "I'm Woodrow Wilson Clements, and I am the future President of the United States of America." Young Clements' pals, however, were more impressed by his size-11½ feet than his political prospects and chose to call him Slew-foot, a nickname later shortened to just plain Foots. It was a handle that its unpretentious owner would hang on to for life.