Bill Bowerman
William Jay Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute milers. He disliked being called a coach and during his 24 years at the University of Oregon, the Ducks track and field team had a winning season every season but one, attained 4 NCAA titles, and finished in the top 10 in the nation 16 times. As co-founder of Nike, he invented some of their top brands, including the Cortez and Waffle Racer, and assisted in the company moving from being a distributor of other shoe brands to one creating their own shoes in house.
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| Date of birth | 19 February 1911
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| Place of birth | Portland, Oregon, United States
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| Date of death | 24 December 1999
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| Age | 88 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Fossil, Oregon, United States
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Bill Bowerman is known for his role in the TV series documentary Abstract: The Art of Design (2017) as Self - University of Oregon Track Coach.
He is also known for his role in the documentary Fire on the Mountain (1996) as Self.
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