Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-founder

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Rodale, 2006/07/25 - 432 ページ
The first biography of 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 through 1972, Bill Bowerman won 4 national team titles, trained dozens of milers to break the 4-minute barrier, and his athletes set 13 world and 22 American records. Single-handedly he helped turn the college town of Eugene, Oregon, into the running capital of the world.

In Bowerman: The Wings of Nike, Kenny Moore, a world-class marathon runner and one of Bowerman's Oregon men, 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 that Bowerman helped to found through his invention of the waffle-soled running shoe.

Whether providing a fresh look at the tragic siege at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, where Bowerman coached the track and field team; offering a close-up view of the coach's relationship with runner Steve Prefontaine (subject of the movie Without Limits, co-written and co-produced by Moore); or exploring Bowerman's role as a Nike innovator, this illuminating portrait is compelling reading throughout--ample evidence of why Bowerman's widow, noting how well the author understood her husband, said: "If anyone should write Bill's life story, it's Kenny Moore."

 

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That Wild Yearning
9
Lizzie and the Governor
17
Wild Bill Meets a Mule Skinner 25 3 Wild Bill Meets a Mule Skinner
25
Barbara
32
The University of Oregon
41
Bill Hayward 49 7 Medford 61 8 The Tenth Mountain Division
68
FirstPrinciples
82
A Friend a Son a Community
98
Jogging
146
The Birth of BRS
156
RitesofPassage187
203
Mexico City
215
Munich
273
Transit and Sorrow
305
Rajneeshpuram
369
Immortal Messages
399

ADynastyBegins
105
Innovation 123 14 The 1962 Season
131
The AAU Dictatorship
140

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KENNY MOORE, who trained with Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon, is a world-class marathon runner, two-time Olympic athlete, and a former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He co-wrote and co-produced the movie Without Limits, based on the life and tragic early death of Hall of Fame runner Steve Prefontaine. Moore lives in Eugene, Oregon.

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