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.