Image Credit: Vans Vans and Columbus, Ohio-based retailer Sole Classics reunite this summer to revisit their first-ever collaborative shoe, the âCarmen.â Originally released in May 2013, the Sole Classics âCarmenâ was an Era LX from the California footwear labelâs Vault by Vans division, with a unique design inspired by the story of Ohio high school football player Jack Henderson and his golden-brown cleats. As the story goes, after a game-winning, 99 yard play in October 1963 â the longest run from scrimmage in Ohio high school football history â Jack Henderson ran right out of the stadium, and was never seen or heard from again. A month later, a pair of golden brown cleats was found on the bank of Lake Eerie in Cleveland, Ohio, nearly 250 miles away. Legend has it that these were Hendersonâs and the color came from the mileage he put on them running north through the entire state. In 1996, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles redesigned their license plates with colors unofficially inspired by Hendersonâs legacy.