Bob Mathias

When Rafer was a junior in high school, Kingsburg Vikings track coach Murl Dotson drove him down to watch a decathlon meet in Tulare, California, the hometown of Bob Mathias, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic decathlon champion.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

When Rafer was a junior in high school, Kingsburg Vikings track coach Murl Dotson drove him down to watch a decathlon meet in Tulare, California, the hometown of Bob Mathias, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic decathlon champion.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

Life magazine named her and decathlon gold medalist Bob Mathias the top two U.S. athletes at the 1948 Games.

Olympic diver Victoria Manalo Draves dies at 85 2010

When Rafer was a junior in high school, Kingsburg Vikings track coach Murl Dotson drove him down to watch a decathlon meet in Tulare, California, the hometown of Bob Mathias, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic decathlon champion.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

When Rafer was a junior in high school, Kingsburg Vikings track coach Murl Dotson drove him down to watch a decathlon meet in Tulare, California, the hometown of Bob Mathias, the 1948 and 1952 Olympic decathlon champion.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

Olympian Bob Mathias was a spokesman for Wheaties but his photo never appeared on a box of the cereal.

Mark Spitz Gets a Life 2008

In the process, from Thorpe to Bob Mathias to Rafer Johnson to Bruce Jenner, these athletes transcended their sport, becoming legends in the eyes of children of all ages.

For God And For Reebok 2008

Olympian Bob Mathias was a spokesman for Wheaties but his photo never appeared on a box of the cereal.

Corrections & Amplifications 2008

Michael Phelps in Beijing, he and his compatriots are also laboring in the historic shadow of Jim Thorpe, Bob Mathias, Milt Campbell, Rafer Johnson, Bill Toomey

NYT > Home Page By GEORGE VECSEY 2011

I do wish he'd get rid of the ignoramus that is Bob Mathias though.

VB Dems 2010