Bill Bowerman

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entrepreneur footwear designer human track and field coach

Bill Bowerman was an American track and field coach and innovative footwear designer who co-founded Nike and helped revolutionize modern athletic shoe design.

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Bill Bowerman canonical 24
Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman 1
William Jay Bowerman 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf entrepreneur ⓘ
footwear designer ⓘ
human ⓘ
track and field coach ⓘ
almaMater University of Oregon ⓘ
blueRibbonSportsLaterBecame Nike, Inc. ⓘ
burialPlace Pioneer Cemetery, Fossil, Oregon ⓘ
causeOfDeath age-related causes ⓘ
coached Phil Knight ⓘ
Steve Prefontaine ⓘ
coachedAt Oregon Ducks men’s track and field ⓘ
surface form: University of Oregon track and field program
coFounded Nike, Inc. ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
contributedTo popularization of recreational jogging in the United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-02-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-12-24 ⓘ
designed early Nike running shoes ⓘ
educatedAt University of Oregon ⓘ
employer University of Oregon ⓘ
familyName Bowerman ⓘ
founded Blue Ribbon Sports ⓘ
fullName Bill Bowerman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Jay Bowerman
genreOfDesign athletic footwear ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction National Track and Field Hall of Fame ⓘ
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
surface form: Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
influenced modern running shoe industry ⓘ
inspired waffle-sole running shoe design ⓘ
knownFor developing the Nike waffle trainer ⓘ
innovative running shoe design ⓘ
legacy Bill Bowerman Award for innovation in footwear design ⓘ
Bill Bowerman statue at the University of Oregon ⓘ
memberOf United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ⓘ
surface form: United States Olympic track and field coaching staff
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement revolutionized modern athletic shoe design ⓘ
notableWork Jogging ⓘ
co-founding Nike, Inc. ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
footwear designer ⓘ
track and field coach ⓘ
placeOfBirth Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Fossil, Oregon, United States ⓘ
positionHeld head track and field coach at the University of Oregon ⓘ
sport track and field ⓘ
spouse Barbara Bowerman ⓘ
wrote Jogging ⓘ

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Bill Bowerman → fullName → Bill Bowerman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Jay Bowerman
Blue Ribbon Sports → foundedBy → Bill Bowerman ⓘ
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NKE → hasUnderlyingCompanyFounder → Bill Bowerman ⓘ
Steve Prefontaine → coachedBy → Bill Bowerman ⓘ
Hayward Field → associatedWith → Bill Bowerman ⓘ
Track Town, USA → associatedWith → Bill Bowerman ⓘ
Oregon Ducks men’s track and field → hasNotableCoach → Bill Bowerman ⓘ
Philip Hampson Knight → notableStudentOf → Bill Bowerman ⓘ
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Bowerman → hasNotableBearer → Bill Bowerman ⓘ
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