Product Description 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 Kenneth Clark Moore is an American athlete and journalist. At the University of Oregon, Moore was one of Bill Bowerman's finest distance runners. Moore a two time Olympian ran both the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Olympic marathon, finishing fourth in 1972.
Bowerman and the Men of Oregon
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Author: Kenny Moore
Binding: Other
ISBN: 889290824752
Details:
Author: Kenny Moore
Brand: Audible Studios on Brilliance
Edition: Unabridged
Binding: MP3 CD
Format: Audiobook
Release Date: 14-06-2016
Package Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781522667254
