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Bowerman & the Men of Oregon The Story of Oregons Legendary Coach & Nikes Cofounder

by Kenny Moore
Bowerman & the Men of Oregon The Story of Oregons Legendary Coach & Nikes Cofounder

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ISBN10: 1594867313
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The fi rst biography of legendary Bill Bowerman, a momentous

yet unsung pioneer in the history of running,

is told by one of his champion athletes, world-class

marathoner and two-time Olympian Kenny Moore

No other coach has had as great an impact on the sport

of running as Bill Bowerman. During his tenure as track

coach at the University of Oregon, he won four national

team titles and his athletes set 13 world and 22 American

records. He also ignited the jogging boom, invented

the waffl e-soled running shoe that helped found Nike,

and coached the track and fi eld team at the 1972 Munich

Olympic Games. His many achievements inspired Kenny

Moore, with whom Bowerman formed a strong bond.

With full cooperation of the Bowerman family and Nike,

plus years of taped interviews with friends, relatives, students,

and competitors, Moore brilliantly re-creates Bowerman’s life,

providing ample evidence of why Bowerman’s widow, Barbara,

said: “If anyone should write Bill’s story, it’s Kenny Moore.”

“There’s hardly a more perfect Bowerman biographer

than Kenny Moore, who brings both Sports Illustrated writing

chops and an intimate knowledge of Bowerman’s coaching

style to the task.”—Seattle Times

“An inspiring and touching look at the man who made

Eugene, Oregon, the running capital of the U.S.”

—Publishers Weekly

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"There's hardly a more perfect Bowerman biographer than Kenny Moore, who brings both Sports Illustrated writing chops and an intimate knowledge of Bowerman's coaching style to the task." Seattle Times

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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: and the men of Oregon, 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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Bowerman and the Men of Oregon No man has affected more runners in more ways than Bill Bowerman. During his 24-year tenure as track coach at the University of Oregon, he won four national team titles and his athletes set 13 world and 22 American records. He also ignited the jogging boom, invented the waffle-sole running shoe that helped establish Nike, and coached the US track and field team at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games With the full cooperation of the Bowerman family and Nike, plus years of taped interviews with friends, relatives, students, and competitors, two-time Olympic marathoner Kenny Moore - himself one of Bowerman's champion athletes - brilliantly re-creates the legendary track coach's life.

About the Author

KENNY MOORE, who trained with Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon, is a two-time Olympic marathoner and former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He cowrote and coproduced teh 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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girlGrower , January 02, 2012
Not only a probing biography of Bill Bowerman, legendary coach of UO track & field program, but rich with Oregon history (pioneer and contemporary), full of vignettes and names from the last 60 years which Oregoians and followers of sport will recognize, the story of Nike's unlikely beginning, the Prefontaine drama and the continuing power wars among various governing bodies that control amateur sports. Fascinating, penetrating, absorbing and Long. Lots of race detail.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781594867316
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
09/04/2007
Publisher:
MACMILLAN PUBLISHING SERVICES
Pages:
480
Height:
1.40IN
Width:
5.90IN
Thickness:
1.25
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2007
UPC Code:
2801594867318
Author:
Kenny Moore
Subject:
Track and field
Subject:
Biography-Sports
Subject:
History
Subject:
Track and field coaches - United States
Subject:
Nike (Firm) - History

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