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Meet the American who designed the modern sneaker and co-founded Nike: Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman | Fox News
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Bill Bowerman (Nike Co-Founder) Modified Onitsuka Tiger with Waffle Sole | The Games | 2021 | Sotheby's
![William Jay "Bill" Bowerman. American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 A… William Jay "Bill" Bowerman. American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 A…](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/8a/34/a98a34640c8b10b5a69cc425fd3a9907.jpg)
William Jay "Bill" Bowerman. American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 A…
![Bill Bowerman Phil Knight: Building the Nike Empire (Partners) by Greenberg, Keith Elliot: new (1994) | LibraryMercantile Bill Bowerman Phil Knight: Building the Nike Empire (Partners) by Greenberg, Keith Elliot: new (1994) | LibraryMercantile](https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9781567110852-us.jpg)
Bill Bowerman Phil Knight: Building the Nike Empire (Partners) by Greenberg, Keith Elliot: new (1994) | LibraryMercantile
![SoleCollector.com on X: "Phil Knight on waffle sole inventor and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman: "He was kind of a mad scientist." https://t.co/vyjhKAKlqx" / X SoleCollector.com on X: "Phil Knight on waffle sole inventor and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman: "He was kind of a mad scientist." https://t.co/vyjhKAKlqx" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChgC3aCW4AE9nS4.jpg)
SoleCollector.com on X: "Phil Knight on waffle sole inventor and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman: "He was kind of a mad scientist." https://t.co/vyjhKAKlqx" / X
![Bill Bowerman, founder of Nike, with a peculiar logo on his shirt in the early 80s : r/OldSchoolCool Bill Bowerman, founder of Nike, with a peculiar logo on his shirt in the early 80s : r/OldSchoolCool](https://i.redd.it/6gxlguptvf871.jpg)