Talk:Bill Bowerman

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

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)

I realize this is a very old discussion, but I agree, there should be some mention of the Rajneesh battle. Properly sourced and kept trim, of course.--Surv1v4l1st ^{▌Talk|Contribs▌} 20:11, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Near-17 year old discussion, commenting to remind myself that I may take the time to add this. JM (talk) 05:27, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

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)

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)

I have one of Bill and Barbara together in 1992, as well as one of Bill hamming it up with my father, a good friend of his. Bruce@BruceBerg.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.216.248 (talk) 20:15, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

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)

Death of Bowerman's wife

I am about to revert the addition of the note on Barbara Bowerman's death. I found some sources, such as this, but I don't know if her sad passing, about a decade after Bowerman died, is relevant to his article. This page seems under-watched, but I'd be interested in some other thoughts, and possibly a link to policy / guidelines. Bigger digger (talk) 16:14, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Good Conduct Medal

The Good Conduct Medal is strictly an award for enlisted men, and as an officer, Bowerman would not have been eligible. Officers are held to a higher standard, and are not rewarded for good conduct. Unless someone has a good cite for it, we need to remove the mention of this medal. --rogerd (talk) 21:12, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

I removed it. --rogerd (talk) 21:18, 17 August 2012 (UTC)