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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.