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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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Deaths (Obituaries), Madison Square Garden, Millrose Games, Nineteen Hundred Sixties, Pole Vault, Uelses, John (1937-2022), United States Marine Corps
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