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laac , los angeles champaign , illinois , united states 75 kg lb on 1.78 m ftin on pole vault , decathlon 20 february 1926 bob richards.jpg bob richards

bob richards

robert eugene `` bob '' richards -lrb- born february 20 , 1926 -rrb- , nicknamed the `` vaulting vicar '' or the `` pole vaulting parson '' in his competitive days , was a versatile athlete who made three us olympic teams in two events .
he competed in the 1948 , 1952 , and 1956 summer olympics as a pole vaulter , and as a decathlete in 1956 .
