Bill Bowerman - A smiling Bill Bowerman is pictured here at his home in Coburg, Oregon. This image is one of a series of photographs taken in 1982 for the April issue
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![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/lp00px0xvf871.jpg)
Bill Bowerman, founder of Nike, with a peculiar logo on his shirt in the early 80s : r/OldSchoolCool
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