ABC12WJRT on Instagram: "60 YEARS AGO TODAY -- Nike was formed at the University of Oregon on this date"
![On this date-Blue Ribbon Sports is founded in 1964, by University of Oregon athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman, as a distributor for Japanese shoes. It would later be named On this date-Blue Ribbon Sports is founded in 1964, by University of Oregon athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman, as a distributor for Japanese shoes. It would later be named](https://preview.redd.it/blue-ribbon-sports-is-founded-in-1964-by-university-of-v0-efgv7avnk6ea1.png?width=360&format=png&auto=webp&s=508062f2b96e04b5fba14f171573c98bd00d6af9)
On this date-Blue Ribbon Sports is founded in 1964, by University of Oregon athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman, as a distributor for Japanese shoes. It would later be named
![Bill Bowerman (Nike Co-Founder) Handmade Prototype Logo Track Spikes With Waffle Sole | The Games | 2021 | Sotheby's Bill Bowerman (Nike Co-Founder) Handmade Prototype Logo Track Spikes With Waffle Sole | The Games | 2021 | Sotheby's](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4262133/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/385x385!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ffc%2Fbf%2Fd6861bfb48b2bab6333f9ecac576%2F041n10875-blk2p-01.jpg)