The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-Founder
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Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-Founder...
Kenny Moore, a world-class marathon runner and a University of Oregon track luminary, read from his book Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-Founder on June 12 2006 in the Knight Library Browsing Room.Moore's book is the first biography of Bill Bowerman, the legendary track coach and founder of Nike, who had an unparalleled impact on the sport of running. During his tenure as track coach at the University of Oregon from 1949 to 1972, Bowerman won four national team titles and trained dozens of milers to break the 4-minute barrier. His athletes set 13 world and 22 American records. Bowerman single-handedly helped turn the college town of Eugene, Oregon, into the running capital of the world.In Bowerman and the Men of Oregon, Kenny Moore tells the story of his mentor and hero, drawing on years of taped interviews and the full cooperation of the Bowerman family and Nike, the company Bowerman helped to found through his invention of the waffle-soled running shoe.
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@luddite333 lol ok
PREmarshall 1 week ago
lol what @luddite333
PREmarshall 1 week ago
To find out details about the dark side of Nike and U.O. in Eugene, Oregon see the six videos I have posted here at Youtube. To find them use the Youtube search with keywords:nike university of oregon.
luddite333 3 years ago
spot on
osrunner7 3 years ago
yeah...it has a heath ledger - joker type thing going on...weird
samwrestle 3 years ago
love it! but kenny makes me cringe when he licks his lips all the time...ahhh!!!
osrunner7 3 years ago