Bowerman and the Men of Oregon - by Kenny Moore (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Moore, a marathon runner and one of Bill Bowermans 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Bowerman and the Men of Oregon <p/>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 <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>KENNY MOORE, </b> who trained with Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon, is a two-time Olympic marathoner and former senior writer for <i>Sports Illustrated</i>. He cowrote and coproduced teh movie <i>Without Limits</i>, based on the life and tragic early death of Hall of Fame runner Steve Prefontaine. Moore lives in Eugene, Oregon.
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