Bob Mathias, Tulare, Calif., high school boy, makes mighty discus toss in Wembley England Stadium August 6, 1948 to take lead in the Decathlon in the London Summer Olympics. Mathias, 17, hurled the ...

Bob Mathias, 75, who won the decathlon in the Olympic Games as a teenager and then went on to win it a second time and to represent a California district in Congress, died Sept. 2 at his home in ...

Until young Bob Mathias (rhymes with defy us) came along, the folks in Tulare, Calif, (pop. 12,000) never had much to shout about.* When Bob became Olympic decathlon champ at 17, they let off a roar ...

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1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928 — Gene Tunney beats Tom Heeney on a technical knockout in the 11th round at Yankee ...

Bob Mathias, 75, who as a two-time champion in the Olympic decathlon was one of the greatest all-around American athletes and who also served eight years in Congress, died of cancer Sept. 2 at his ...