EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY
(1,100,000 Shares Under NIKE, Inc. Foreign Subsidiary Employee Stock
Purchase Plan)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer
and/or director of NIKE, Inc. does hereby constitute and appoint PHILIP H.
KNIGHT, DONALD W. BLAIR and LINDSAY D. STEWART his true and lawful
attorney and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute in his
name (whether on behalf of NIKE, Inc. or as an officer or director of said
Company, or otherwise) any and all instruments which said attorney and
agent may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable NIKE, Inc. to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, of shares of Common Stock of NIKE, Inc. issuable pursuant to
NIKE, Inc. Foreign Subsidiary Employee Stock Purchase Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation thereto, power and authority to sign
his name (whether on behalf of NIKE, Inc. or as an officer or director of
said Company, or otherwise) to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 and
any amendment thereto (including any post-effective amendment) or
application for amendment thereto in respect to such Common Stock or any
exhibits filed therewith; and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm
all that said attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

DATED: April 29, 2003

/s/ Donald W. Blair /s/ Thomas E. Clarke
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Donald W. Blair Thomas E. Clarke

/s/ Jill K. Conway /s/ Ralph D. DeNunzio
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Jill K. Conway Ralph D. DeNunzio

/s/ Richard K. Donahue /s/ Alan B. Graf, Jr.
__________________________________ __________________________________
Richard K. Donahue Alan B. Graf, Jr.

/s/ Delbert J. Hayes /s/ Douglas G. Houser
__________________________________ __________________________________
Delbert J. Hayes Douglas G. Houser

/s/ Jeanne P. Jackson /s/ John E. Jaqua
__________________________________ __________________________________
Jeanne P. Jackson John E. Jaqua

/s/ Philip H. Knight /s/ Charles W. Robinson
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Philip H. Knight Charles W. Robinson

/s/ A. Michael Spence /s/ John R. Thompson, Jr.
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A. Michael Spence John R. Thompson, Jr.