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Company
Description |
Manufacturer
of sportswear. |
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DPP |
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Headquarter |
1 Bowerman
Dr. |
Beaverton,
OR 97005 |
United
States |
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Fiscal
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Founded |
January
25, 1964 by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight
as Blue Ribbon Sports |
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More
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Trivia |
* "Nike"
is the winged goddess of victory in Greek
mythology |
* Bill
Bowerman was an Olympian, Olympic coach
and track and field coach at the Uniersity
of Oregon |
* Phil
Knight was a middle-distance runner |
* Bowerman
began crafting shoes for his runners at
the University of Oregon in 1960 |
* Bowerman
experimented the idea of rubber spike shoe
sole using his wife's waffle iron |
* Nike's
Swoosh trademark was designed by Carolyn
Davidson for a fee of $35 |
* The
name "Nike" was an idea by the
company's fist employee, Jeff Johnson, who
saw the Greek goddess, Nike, in his dream |
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