- Kenny Moore
Kenneth ("Kenny") Moore (born
December 1 ,1943 inEugene, Oregon ) is an American athlete and journalist. At theUniversity of Oregon , Moore was one ofBill Bowerman 's finest distance runners. After college, Moore ran in the Olympic marathon at both Mexico City and Munich, finishing fourth in 1972.After his track career, Moore became a journalist and screenwriter. He had a twenty-five year career covering athletics for "
Sports Illustrated ". At the end of his career at "Sports Illustrated", Moore took up the plight of former competitorMamo Wolde , who was falsely imprisoned inEthiopia . In his story, Moore championed Wolde's release from prison, a release that came months before Wolde's death.Moore was also one of the athletes who pushed for the
Amateur Sports Act of 1978 . He also wrote the screenplay for the 1998 biopic "Without Limits ", a film about formerOregon Ducks standoutSteve Prefontaine .Kenny Moore currently lives in Eugene, Oregon, and Hawaii. He has published a book about his former coach entitled "
Bowerman and the Men of Oregon ".
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