93,758 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Bill Bowerman

✓ Source-basedstable

American runner, track and field coach, and businessman (1911-1999)

United StatesFoundersLived 1911 to 1999 · aged 88
Compare
Fame53.6
Momentum1.3
Languages16
In century#20,435

William Jay Bowerman was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute milers.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Bowerman (left) conversing with Phil Knight and two other members of the Oregon track team in 1958Bowerman (left) conversing with Phil Knight and two other members of the Oregon track team in 1958Nike Waffle TrainerNike Waffle Trainer

Awards 3

2014National Inventors Hall of Fame
Bronze Star Medal
Silver Star

In their orbit 1

Founders from United States 6

Juan Trippe53.7Cindy McCain53.6Nick Berg53.7William Clay Ford53.6Yvon Chouinard53.7Marc Randolph53.6

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1999 · aged 88
Wikipedia
16 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.