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Meet Small Town Sneakerhead Tony Williams of Baytown, TX

Oct 25, 2023

In this episode of Hibbett x Nike's Small Town Sneakerhead series, meet Baytown, Texas native and sneakerhead, Tony Williams.

Tony Williams knows what it's like to have nothing. Growing up, he didn't have many sneakers, but inspired by his older brother's style and sneaker game, Tony began working to build a sneaker collection of his own.
STSH Tony Williams posing against Baytown street mural

Being from a small town can make collecting challenging, something else Tony also knows all too well, but that hasn't slowed him down. Tony keeps collecting with the help of his local Hibbett store, and hibbett.com, where he is able to shop the hottest launches and newest styles from Nike and more.

Nike STSH Tony Williams Air Force Ones

Tony's collection boasts a variety of styles, including Air Max 97s, Air Force Ones, Nike Dunks, and old-school Nike Foamposites, among other styles in colorways that Tony feels not many other people would want to cop. Having off-the-wall and not-as-popular colorways is what makes his collection uniquely his.

The Small Town Sneakerhead Story

Sneakerheads come in all shapes, sizes, colors, genders, and locations.

You don't have to be from Chicago to know Mike.

You don't have to be from Uptown to know Uptowns.

In fact, some of the biggest hotspots for sneakerheads and sneaker culture are in the small towns across America, and no one knows the small town sneakerhead scene like Hibbett | City Gear.

Hibbett started small in rural Alabama in 1945, and this year we're celebrating 75 years of small town sneaker culture and shining the spotlight on small town sneakerheads across the nation in partnership with Nike and Nice Kicks.

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Small Town Sneakerhead is a multi-episode video series that showcases the diversity among footwear enthusiasts, taking viewers through a day in the life of several footwear aficionados and sneaker collectors as they share their stories about how they got into sneaker collecting, what's in their collections, and what they are most excited about for the future of sneaker culture.
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