Professional play was of the barnstorming, challenge variety. In 1935, Purcell helped design a cutting-edge badminton shoe, which in subsequent decades became popular casual footwear. Converse purchased the rights to the "Jack Purcell" shoe in 1972, and "Jack Purcells" are currently produced and marketed by the company as a comfortable, all-purpose shoe.

 

After defeating top professionals from Canada, England and the United States, he was acclaimed in 1933 the professional champion of the world, retaining his title until retirement in the early 1940s. Following his sports career, Purcell enjoyed a successful career as a stock broker at the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

Canadian sportswriters chose Purcell in 1950 as one of the outstanding Canadian athletes of the half century. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, and although he never played in Olympic competition he was nonetheless inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1973.

 

Jack Purcell died in 1991.

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Source: thecanadianencyclopedia.com