by Kenny Moore
Evans, Lee, 216, 227, 229–30, 276, 293
Evans, Rube, 372
Fairbanks, Douglas, 52
Fartlek, 90–91, 118
Feig, Mark, 281, 327
Ferris, Dan, 141–43, 145, 239
Fields, Bert, 412
Fifth Army, 72
Figuerola, Enrique, 175
Finnish training techniques, 89
First Amendment, 375
FitzGerald, Frances, 373–74, 377–78
Fitzsimmons, Bob, 50
Flemming, Arthur, 250–51
Flemming, Mrs., 197
Foote, Greg, 335
Ford, Gerald, 337
Fordjour, Billy, 288–89
Forman, Keith, 4, 133–34, 136–37, 148–52, 163–64, 186, 220
Fosbury, Dick, 43, 221–23, 229, 231, 233
Fosbury Flop, 222
Fossil (Oregon), 9, 14–15, 19, 25, 415
Fossum, Embert, 252
Foster, Brendan, 321
Frank, Patricia Hoover, 12
Franke, Werner W., 347
Franklin High School, 57–59
Frankovich, Mike, 46–48, 58, 288, 306
Frankovich, Peter, 288
Frederick, Jane, 359
Fredericks, Frankie, 409
Fredericks, Greg, 362
Freeman, Ron, 227, 229–30
Frenn, George, 142, 282, 298
Friedman, Zaev, 296
Friton, Mike, 350–51, 402, 415
Frohnmayer, David (Dave), 64–65, 83, 375–77, 379, 408, 411, 416
Frohnmayer, John, 83
Frohnmayer, MarAbel, 63, 67, 376, 416
Frohnmayer, Mira, 83
Frohnmayer, Otto, 59, 63–64, 99, 101, 310, 359, 375–76, 393, 416
Frohnmayer, Philip, 83
Fukuoka Marathon (1971), 272
Gaechter, Mike, 134, 138
Galford, Chuck, 364–65
Galloway, Jeff, 276–77
Gamoudi, Mohamed, 284, 300–301, 305, 349
Gandy, George, 356
Gatorade, 184
Geffen, David, 362–63
Geigengack, Bob, 222, 249, 285–86
Geis, Paul, 311, 325, 341, 345, 358
Genscher, Hans-Dietrich, 291, 293
German meet (1970), 247
Gerschler, Woldemar, 89
Girke, Werner, 247
Giustina, Ehrman, 286, 304
Giustina, Lee, 286, 304
Glenn, Scott, 359, 361, 363–64
Goldman, Marion, 372
Gopnik, Adam, 1
Gould, Al, 66
Grasstex track surface, 186
Greene, Charlie, 142, 221, 230, 246
Gregorek, John, 362
Grelle, Jim, 108–10, 112–14, 116–17, 125–27, 164–66, 173–74, 178, 180, 194–96, 201, 207–8, 248, 335, 338, 383
Griak, Roy, 191
Groth, Morgan, 112, 170, 188, 200
Groves, Harry, 382
Gubner, Gary, 161, 203
Guldager, George, 182
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964), 252
Gunther, Gerald, 375
Gustave, King (of Sweden), 52
Gutfreund, Yossef, 291, 296
Hägg, Gunder, 95, 130
Halberg, Murray, 119–20, 128, 136, 149–51
Halfin, Eliezer, 296
Hall, Erv, 230
Hall, Jayne Bowerman, 43–44, 47
Hall, William, 284
Hamilton, Brutus, 188
Hanley, Dan, 282
Harris, Leo, 85–87, 136, 138, 145–46, 148–49, 153–54, 162, 197, 234
Harris, Zoë, 148–49
Hart, Eddie, 276, 288
Hartfield, John, 229
Hatfield, Mark, 145, 252, 331
Hatfield, Tinker, 415
Hay, Jack, 74
Haydon, Ted, 281
Hayes, Bob, 134, 172, 175
Hays, George Price, 68–69, 72
Hayward, William (Bill)
birth of, 49
Bowerman and, 42–44, 52–55, 82, 84, 86
childhood of, 49–50
coaching years of, 51
heart attack of, 51
high-jump technique and, 222
marriage of, 51
Mundle and, 85
Olympic Games and
1912, 52
1920, 52
1924, 52
1932, 54–55
prosthetic devices and, 42
retirement of, 86
track career of, 50
University of Oregon and, 43
U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame and, 388
Hayward Field, 2, 43, 85, 103, 110, 138, 152, 234, 307
Hayward Field Restoration Mile (1973 and 1974), 312–13, 320
Hedrick, Ercel H., 30–31, 59–60, 63, 65, 102–3, 201
Hedrick, Helen, 63
Hemingway, Mariel, 359–61, 363
Hendricks, Judge H. H., 15–16
Hendrickson, Ray, 103, 274, 279, 338, 388, 414
Hermens, Jos, 298
Heustis, Ralph, 353, 393
Heyward (Thomas) family, 49
Higgins, Ralph, 209, 245–46
Hikita, Yoshihiko, 272
Hill, Harry W., 100
Hill, Ralph, 53–55
Hill, Ron, 299
Hillcrest Orchard (Oregon), 36
Hill Military Academy, 28
Hilt, Larry, 153–54
Hines, Jim, 221, 230
Hitler, Adolf, 69, 79
Hollis, Orlando, 393–95
Hollister, Geoff, 258–60, 264, 271, 274, 315, 318, 325, 327, 346, 355, 357, 381, 388, 404–5, 409–12, 415–16
Hoover, Annie, 12
Hoover, Hattie, 14
Hoover, Mary, 14, 17
Hoover, Mary Jane Chambers, 10, 12–15, 26–28, 38, 57
Hoover, Maude, 14
Hoover, Thomas Benton, 12–15, 27
Hoover, Thomas Jr., 14–15
Hoover, Will, 12, 27
Houser, Doug, 315
Huestis, Ralph, 353, 393
Hull, George, 274
Hunter, Bobby Lee, 279
Hutchins, Jack, 92
IAAF, 140, 142, 335, 348
Igloi, Mihaly, 164–66, 213
Indian Removal Act of 1830, 9
International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), 140, 142, 335, 348
International Olympic Committee, 140, 144, 290–92
International Track Association, 322
Interval training, 89–91, 164
Issa (Black September spokesman), 291, 294–95
Ivanov, Leonid, 248
Jabbar, Abdul, 216
Jackson, Andrew, 9
Jacobsen, Leonard (Jake), 333
Jain, Chandra Mohan, 371
James, Larry, 229–30
James, Randy, 317
James, Stan, 315, 343
James, Steve, 413
Jaqua, Jim, 413
Jaqua, John, 98–102, 104, 159, 185, 218, 267, 270–71, 274, 280, 342, 349, 359, 367, 380, 392–93, 398, 408, 413
Jaqua, Robin, 98–99, 100–102, 159, 413
Jazy, Michel, 118, 176–78, 207
Jelley, Arch, 355
Jenner, Bruce, 345
Jerome, Harry, 92, 115, 120, 133–34, 138, 161, 170–72, 174–75, 180, 192, 232, 385
Jogging (Bowerman and Shea), 154–55, 406
Jogging movement, U.S., 152–55
Johannsen, Sven, 213
Johnson, Charles E., 251–52
Johnson, Harry, 308, 349, 358
Johnson, Jan, 282, 296
Johnson, Jeffrey Owen (Jeff), 182, 260–63, 268–70, 274, 316, 342–44, 346–47, 350, 382–83, 415
Johnson, Lyndon, 215
Johnson, Michael, 409
Johnson, Rafer, 115, 143
Johnson, Ray, 65–66, 234
Jones, Aaron, 310
Jones, Charlie, 362
Jones, Hayes, 140
Jones, Lloyd, 69
Jordan, Michael, 397
&n
bsp; Jordan, Payton, 187–88, 213, 216–17, 226
Jordan, Tom, 305
Jourdan, René, 247
Juantorena, Alberto, 345
J.V. Seavey Hop Company, 98
Kaal, Peter, 246
Kahananui, Jon, 309
Kardong, Don, 312, 320, 341, 347, 364–65
Kaufmann, Karl, 116–17
Kazankina, Tatyana, 386–87
Keenan, Bill, 209
Keino, Kip, 176–77, 275
Keller, Julius, 78–79, 121
Kelly, Dan, 52
Kelsey, Ed, 25–26
Kennedy, Bob, 112
Kennedy, John F., 192
Kennedy, Robert F., 215
Kerr, George, 119
Kesey, Ken, 94, 319–20, 382, 410
Kesselring, Albrecht, 74
Kilborn, A. W., 273
King, Martin Luther Jr., 215, 217
King, Micki, 337
Kiprugat, Wilson, 231
Kirchmeier, Mark, 253
Kitami, Shoji, 272, 315
Klein, Jim, 188
Knapp, David, 374
Knight, Jeanne, 260
Knight, Penny Parks, 263–64, 274
Knight, Phil (Buck)
Adidas and, 368
Bell (Wade) and, 392
Blue Ribbon Sports and, 156–60, 181–82, 260–69, 316–17, 342, 357
Bowerman (Barbara) and, 127
Bowerman (Bill) and, 108, 124, 126–27, 202, 260, 349–51, 357, 380–81, 404–5, 408, 417
college graduation of, 128
CPA job of, 158, 160
Dellinger (Bill) and, 368
Johnson (Jeffrey Owen) and, 260–62
Knight (Penny Parks) and, 263–64, 274
marriage of, 264
Nike and, 269, 380–81
Nippon Rubber Company and, 267–68
Nissho Iwai and, 267–68, 408
Onitsuka Company and, 157–58, 265–68
philanthropy of, 408
Prefontaine films and, 412
Reebok and, 396–97
reform in track governance and, 365
shoe names and, 183
Small Business Administration loan and, 342
track career of, 127–28
U.S. Olympic Trials (1972) and, 274
Knoke, Gary, 209–11
Koch, Damien, 198, 388
Korir, Julius, 391
Krumm, Phillip O., 279–80, 337
Krushchev, Nikolai, 109
Kuschick, Stan, 75
Kuts, Vladimir, 107
Kvalheim, Arne, 205–7, 218–20, 235, 282, 287, 306–7, 388–89
Kvalheim, Knut, 282
Lactic Acid Track Club, 164–65
Ladany, Shaul, 290
Lafferty, Jeanne, 70
Lafferty, Paul, 68, 70
Lafferty, Ralph, 70, 74–77
Lananna, Vin, 404
Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), 370
Landers, Bill, 47, 312–13, 338, 399, 403, 405
Landy, John, 95–96, 105–7, 130, 167
Lanker, Brian, 388
Laris, Tom, 229
Larrieu, Francie, 247–48, 341, 362, 386
Larrieu, Ron, 212
Larson, George, 108, 136
Lawrence of Arabia (film), 47
Laxmi, Ma Yoga, 371–72, 376
Layser, Robert, 384
LCDC, 370
LD-1000 Trainer shoe, 343
Lean, David, 47
Lehner, Mike, 133, 172
Lehtinen, Lauri, 54–55
Lemmon, Jack, 47
Lewis, Harley, 209
Liddell, Eric, 52
Lindgren, Gerry, 171, 192–94, 206, 218–19, 225, 236–38, 240, 246, 275, 277
Liquori, Marty, 208, 228, 246, 275
Lismont, Karel, 302–3, 347
Litecky, Joe, 75–76
Lodge, Hilmer, 209
Loose, James, 73
Loudat, (runner), 211
Louis, Joe, 216
Lusis, Janis, 175–76, 287
Lutz, Jon, 409–11
Lydiard, Arthur, 1, 108, 119–22, 128–29, 140, 143–47, 154, 166–67, 287, 347
MacArthur, Douglas, 192–93
MacDonald, Duncan, 155
Magee, Barry, 119–20, 136
Mandela, Nelson, 202
Manley, Mike, 255, 277, 293, 298, 321, 388
Marathon training, 120
Marckx, Mary. See Creel, Mary Marckx
Marin, Julio, 133, 164
Marsh, Henry, 358, 361–62, 389–92
Martinez, Juan, 236
Mason Dixon Games (1967), 203
Matson, Randy, 203, 231
Matthews, Vince, 230, 276, 289, 292
Maule, Tex, 131, 144, 161
May, Jürgen, 238
McCall, Tom, 251–52, 254, 273
McChesney, Bill, 362
McClendon, Mike, 240, 389
McClure, Walt, 235–36, 325, 327, 330, 335
McCourt, John, 17
McDonald, Bruce, 281, 346
McDonnell, John, 404
McHolick, Bill, 274, 338–39, 380, 383–86, 388, 395, 398, 414
McKay, Jim, 295
McMillan, Kathy, 345
Medford High School, 29, 59–67
Meier, Julius, 56
Meinert, Butch, 182, 192
Meir, Golda, 291
Melvin, Al, 33, 43
Metzler, Ken, 251
Michael, Howell, 246
Mikityenko, Leonid, 248–49
Miller, Dick, 108, 158, 160, 265
Miller, Dot Hoover, 24
Miller, F. Don, 337
Miller, Marion, 283
Mills, Billy, 176, 192–93, 212, 276, 301
Modesto Relays (1962), 138
Modesto Relays (1963), 166
Moens, Roger, 119
Mooberry, Jack, 179, 188, 192
Moore, Bobbie, 283, 294, 326
Moore, Kenny
altitude on running study and, 209–12
Army track team and, 245–46
Blue Ribbon Sports lawsuit and, 314–15
Bowerman (Bill) and, 1–8, 189–91, 357–58, 388
Bowerman’s shoe innovations and, 182–84
Burleson and, 167–68
Coe and, 355
field-burning in Oregon and, 321
Fukuoka Marathon (1971) and, 272
high school years of, 2
NCCA Track and Field Championships (1964) and, 171–72
Olympic Athletes’ Advisory Council and, 336–37
Olympic Games and
1968, 215, 233
1972, 293, 296, 299–300, 302–3
Oregon Twilight Meet (1968) and, 219
Oregon Twilight Meet (1972) and, 271
Personal Best and, 359–61, 362–63
Prefontaine films and, 409–10
Prefontaine (Steve) and, 236, 303, 325–26, 328–29, 335
roster for NCCA Track and Field Championships and, 197
running style of, 137
Schmidt (Bill) and, 283
Soviet-American meet (1970) and, 248
town-gown work program of Oregon track team and, 88
U.S. Olympic Trials and
1968, 224–25
1972, 276–77
Moos, Bill, 408
Morgan, Bill, 322–23
Morgan, Robert, 379
Moro, Gerry, 191
Morris, Frank, 338
Morrow, Tom, 209, 211, 219–20, 240
Morse, Wayne, 143, 252, 306, 414
Mortensen, Jess, 131
Mortenson, Bruce, 6, 167–68, 189–92
Moses, Edwin, 345
Mundle, Peter (Pete), 85, 89–90, 94–95, 105, 164, 184
Munich Organizing Committee, 285
Munsinger, Heinz, 121–22, 233
Murphy, Danny, 171
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Amateur Athletic Union and, 192–94, 337
high school athletes and, 4
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Track and Field Championships
1954, 95
1961, 240
1962, 1, 138–39
1963, 161, 163–64, 240
1964, 171–72, 240
1965, 240
1970, 243–45
1973, 312
National Sporting Goods Association trade show (1972), 270
National Track Coaches Association, 142
NCCA. See National Collegiate Athletic Association
Needham, Harry, 134
Nelson, Van, 229
Neo-Sannyas Foundation, 376
Neuberger, Richard, 250
Nevala, Pauli, 175–76
Newhouse, Fred, 345, 359
Newland, Bill, 66
Newland, Carolyn, 103
Newland, Robert Warren (Bob), 2, 61–63, 66, 83–84, 103–4, 138, 234, 255–56, 273–74, 279, 303, 308–9, 338, 340–41, 343, 358, 385, 388, 402, 414
Newnham, Blaine, 301–2, 330
New Year’s Eve Midnight Road Run (1954), 141
Nightingale, Conrad, 209
Nike. See also Bowerman, William Jay Jr. (Bill)
Air Jordan shoe and, 397
Athletics West and, 348–49, 358, 380, 386
birth of, 267–68, 271
Bowerman (Barbara) and, 159, 380
Bowerman series shoes, 415
Cascade Run-Off 15K and, 365
celebrity athletes and, 397
first shoes, 270–71, 315–16
growth of, 380
Knight (Phil) and, 269, 380–81
logo of, 268–69
Olympic debut of, 342, 346
Onitsuka Company and, 270–71
Oregon Waffle shoe and, 315–16
Prefontaine (Steve) and, 318–19
success of, 317
Waffle Trainer shoe and, 316, 342
Nippon Rubber Company, 267–68, 316
Nissho Iwai, 267–68, 316–17, 408
Nixon administration, 83, 142
Norpoth, Harald, 176–77, 238–39, 247, 300, 313–14
Norris, William H. (Bill), 223–24, 226, 245, 288, 388
Northern Division meet (1956), 105–7
Northern Division meet (1972), 259
Nurmi, Paavo, 52, 55, 89, 130
Nyto, Arne, 205
O’Brien, Parry, 143–44, 189
Oerter, Al, 229, 231
O’Hara, Tom (Tommy), 173–74, 178, 194
Ohlemann, Sigmar (Sig), 92, 115, 119
O’Leary, Al, 191–92
Olive, Louis, 95
Olum, Paul, 367, 396
Olympic Athletes’ Advisory Council (AAC), 336–37
Olympic Games
1912, 52
1920, 52
1924, 52
1932, 54–55
1936, 69, 129, 216
1940, 85
1948, 89
1952, 89
1960, 109, 115–22
1964, 174–80, 193
1968, 209, 215–33
1972, 155, 254, 280–305
1976, 322, 344–47
1980, 358–59
1984, 389–92
Olympic Project for Human Rights, 216–17, 230
O’Neil, Thomas, 74
Onitsuka, Kihachiro, 181, 265–68, 270–71
Onitsuka Company, 157–59, 263, 265–68, 270–71, 314–15
Oppenheimer, Robert, 210