Talk:Bill Bowerman
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[edit] Athletes
I just pruned the "Athletes coached by Bowerman include:" list by two names, using a very simple algorithm: I looked up the names in the index of the Kenny Moore biography, and if they weren't in the index, I deleted them.
I don't think this is intended to be a complete list of athletes coached by Bowerman. In the incidence of this partial list, I think being mentioned by Moore is actually a pretty low bar for inclusion. Opinions? --Pjmorse 13:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
The names that were listed were all of Bowerman's athletes that held National titles or were Olympic Team members. It was no where near a complete listing of athletes that Bowerman coached. Moore's book is great, but he does focus on certain athletes and certain era's and it is nowhere near a complete anthology about Bowerman's coaching career or about his students. Mdazey 16:07, 16 July 2007 (UTC)Mdazey
[edit] Rajneesh
Or whatever they are called. Seems like the wiki page on Bill Bowerman should have reference to his fight against the Rajneesh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.117.164.28 (talk) 23:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Rajneeshpuram. Here's a source: http://www.usoc.org/11611_45782.htm Read about how to cite sources and be bold. Katr67 00:58, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Call Me Bill
In the movie Without Limits, Bowerman insists that Prefontaine only calls him by his first name, Bill, due to the fact that the meanest person Bowerman ever met insisted that he call him coach. Do we have any idea who that might have been? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.128.113.204 (talk) 02:00, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
It is in reference to his coach at Medford High School, who's name escapes me at the moment, but this story is mentioned in Kenny Moore's Bowerman and the Men of Oregon book. Mdazey 15:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Photo
Does anyone have a free photo of Bowerman that we can use on this article? The one we do have is fair use, but I really think we can obtain a free use one. Metros (talk) 14:35, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bowerman's Birthplace
Several sources list the birthplace for Bill Bowerman as being Fossil, Oregon. However, Kenny Moore's book "Bowerman and the Men of Oregon" (page 20) states that Bowerman and his twin brother were born in Portland, Oregon, and later moved to Fossil following the divorce of Bowerman's parents. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sammitch (talk • contribs) 17:30, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
