biography
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Richards, Bob
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popular name of Robert Eugene Richards
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1926– )
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| biography:
| Track and field athlete and Protestant minister, born in Champaign, Illinois, USA. A juvenile delinquent as a teenager, he found himself through religion and sports. He was ordained a minister in the Church of the Brethren (1946), and then became the only two-time Olympic gold medallist in the pole vault (1952, 1956). He accepted the pastorate of a Brethren church in Long Beach, CA (1957) but continued as an advocate of physical fitness in the USA. |
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