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The "Vaulting Vicar" as he was known in his competitive days, the Rev. Robert Eugene "Bob" Richards (born February 20, 1926, Champaign, Ill.) was a versatile athlete who made three Olympic teams in two events. He competed in the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter, and also was a decathlete in 1956. February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A view of Champaign from above ( see wider view). ...
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. ...
The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 in London, United Kingdom. ...
The Games of the XV Olympiad were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. ...
The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. ...
Pole vaulting is an athletics event where competitors use a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ...
A decathlon is a sportive contest made up of 10 events. ...
The second man to pole vault 15 feet, he was the Olympic pole vault gold medalist in 1952 and 1956 after winning the bronze medal in 1948. He also was 13th in the 1956 decathlon. While a student at the University of Illinois, Richards tied for the national collegiate pole vault title and followed that with 20 national AAU titles, including 17 in the pole vault. A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ...
The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. ...
- The Amateur Athletic Union, widely known as the AAU, was formed in United States. ...
The only two-time Olympic gold medal winner in the pole vault, Richards later became involved in promoting physical fitness and continued to vault in his later years. He was the first athlete to appear on the front of Wheaties cereal boxes in 1958 (though not the first depicted on all parts of the packaging), and also was the first Wheaties spokesman, setting up the Wheaties Sports Foundation, which encouraged participation in Olympic sports. Early Wheaties Cereal Box Wheaties, a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes, is a breakfast cereal introduced in 1924 and marketed by the General Mills cereal company of Golden Valley, Minnesota. ...
1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Early Wheaties Cereal Box Wheaties, a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes, is a breakfast cereal introduced in 1924 and marketed by the General Mills cereal company of Golden Valley, Minnesota. ...
He had two sons who also were outstanding pole vaulters; one, Brandon, held the national high school record. An ordained minister, he was elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983. The US Olympic Hall of Fame is a list of the top American Olympic athletes. ...
In 1984, the Reverend Bob Richards ran for president of the United States on the newly formed ultra right-wing United States Populist Party ticket (the same party would later nominate David Duke in 1988). He and running mate Maureen Salaman earned 66,324 votes. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ...
The Populist Party was a short-lived political party in late 19th century in the United States. ...
David Duke David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the United States, and former Louisiana State Representative. ...
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