Happy Birthday, Bill Bowerman


	Happy Birthday, Bill Bowerman

lizzyville

2-19-2009 12:15 PM

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running, sports, nike, athletes, coaches

lizzyville says:

The legendary coach and Nike co-founder was born on this day.

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		William Jay Bowerman Jr. was born February 19, 1911, in Portland, Oregon. His father was a president of the Oregon Senate, and his mother was a teacher. After his parents divorced, the future runner and coach lived with his mother in Fossil, Oregon, <A href="http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperiencearchive/billbowerman/about.php">a town that his ancestors founded</A>. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/138D637A-7175-4903-AF94-E8846847B440/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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