Bowerman and the men of Oregon, the story of Oregon's legendary coach and Nike's cofounder, Kenny Moore
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Bowerman and the men of Oregon, the story of Oregon's legendary coach and Nike's cofounder, Kenny Moore
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eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
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illustrationsplates
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index present
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non fiction
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Bowerman and the men of Oregon
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62615881
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Kenny Moore
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the story of Oregon's legendary coach and Nike's cofounder
Summary
"You can stand in awe before everything Bill Bowerman did and still miss the whole point of his life. Bowerman: -Was a World War II hero with the 10th Mountain Division in Italy; -Coached 16 sub-four-minute milers at the University of Oregon; -Was a head US Olympic track coach; -Ignited the running boom; -Made Eugene, Oregon the track capital of the world; -Invented the waffle-soled running shoe and cofounded Nike; -Was half of a passionate, seventy-one-year-long love story. But Bowerman{u2019}s true legacy, as even he saw it, was his method. He took Oregon{u2019}s pioneer virtues of ingenuity and dogged endurance, added earthy humor, and developed a genius for solving almost every problem that he turned his blazing blue eyes on. I this book, Bowerman {u2013} a great storyteller and inspirer of tales {u2013} is celebrated for how his irresistible imagination transformed on unsuspecting world. With full cooperation of the Bowerman family and Nike plus years of taped interviews with friends, relatives, students, and competitors, this illuminating portrait is compelling reading throughout {u2013} ample evidence of why Bowerman{u2019}s widow, Barbara, said: 2If anyone should write Bill{u2019}s life story, it{u2019}s Kenny Moore." --, Inside front jacket flap
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