50 years after Stan Smith's Wimbledon title, his signature shoes remain a major feat

WIMBLEDON, England — Not that he's judging, but Stan Smith is checking out your shoes.

Force of habit.

"When I'm walking, I generally look at people's feet more than I look at their faces just to see what they're wearing," said Smith, 75, sitting under a canopy in the back yard of the stately three-story house he rents every Wimbledon fortnight, one of the houses closest to the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club.