List of Famous people with last name Bowerman

Bill Bowerman

First Name Bill
Last Name Bowerman
Born on February 19, 1911
Died on December 25, 1999 (aged 88)

William Jay Bowerman 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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Catherine Bowerman

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Last Name Bowerman
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John Bowerman

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Last Name Bowerman
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Jane Bowerman

First Name Jane
Last Name Bowerman
Died on January 1, 1762
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