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Bowerman and the Men of Oregon

The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Cofounder

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Bowerman and the Men of Oregon

By: Kenny Moore
Narrated by: Paul Cirzan
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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.

©2006 Kenny Moore (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Business Professionals & Academics Running & Jogging Sports Sports History
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The book was a little slow to start with the pre Bowerman story taking a while. it was well read but a pity the narator can't say fractions of a second correctly. I.e. 3:53.43 he would read the .43 as "point forty three" which is just plain wrong and very annoying where so many times are read out.

Great Book if a little slow at the start

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