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John Uelses, First to Pole-Vault 16 Feet, Dies at 85
Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Madison Square Garden Millrose Games Nineteen Hundred Sixties Pole Vault Uelses, John (1937-2022) United States Marine Corps

John Uelses, First to Pole-Vault 16 Feet, Dies at 85

In an era when track and field athletes could rise to national celebrity, Uelses became a newsreel idol and made the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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Posted by By Frank Litsky and Alex Traub
Bob Richards, Pole-Vaulting Hero of the Cold War Era, Dies at 97
Posted inBob Richards Cold War Era Deaths (Obituaries) Olympic Games (1952) Pole Vault Religion and Belief Track and Field

Bob Richards, Pole-Vaulting Hero of the Cold War Era, Dies at 97

An ordained minister known as the Vaulting Vicar, he was an Olympic gold medal winner and the first athlete to appear on the front of Wheaties boxes.
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Posted by By Robert D. McFadden

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