Definitions for "Fishheads"
Baltimore, in the late 1960's and early 1970s: Cheap generic tennis shoes. As George reported from Baltimore about his old school days: " Jacks ([ Converse Jack] Purcell [tennis shoes]) were the ONLY shoe you could wear to school without being accused of wearing fishheads." Pittsburgh: As in Baltimore, a derogatory term used for cheap generic tennis shoes. Also see " Cat Heads."