What key details about gilbert ford can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: gilbert '' gib '' ford -lrb- born september 14 , 1931 in tulia , texas -rrb- is an american former basketball player and business executive , who competed in the 1956 summer olympics as part of the american basketball team , which won the gold medal . he played as a student at the university of texas . he worked for thirty-five years at converse , inc. , ultimately becoming the company 's chairman and ceo . a native of texas , ford played for amarillo high school . in 1950 he was a texas high school all state player and a participant in the texas high school all star game . his name is enshrined in the texas high school basketball hall of fame . following high school , ford played basketball for the university of texas from 1950-1954 , and was co-captain of the team his senior year , when the team was a co-champion of the southwest conference . he was named to various all-swc teams and took part in the 1954 shrine east/west college all star game in kansas city . in 1986 , he was inducted into the university of texas longhorn hall of honor . after graduation from texas in 1954 , ford was a starter for the famous phillips 66 oilers , which won the national aau championship in 1955 , and the national industrial basketball league championship in 1955 and 1958 . while serving in the air force , ford played on the 1956 all air force team and the all armed forces team , which qualified for the 1956 olympic trials . ford equaled his success on the court in his business career . in august 1994 , he was appointed chairman of the board and ceo of converse , inc. . he retired december 1 , 1996 after 35 years of service with the company . ford first joined converse as a member of the sales staff in 1961 , and served in a number of executive capacities before becoming president of the company in 1986 . ford has been affiliated with several sporting goods and footwear manufacturers ' organizations . he served two terms , 1982-85 and 1991-93 , as the chairman of the board of the sporting goods manufacturers association -lrb-...
- headercolor is lightsteelblue- birth date is september 14 , 1931- name is gilbert ford- birth place is tulia , texas , u.s.