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William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is an American former track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion. [1] He won 23 of the 38 decathlons he competed in, scoring over 8,000 points a dozen times. He was on the cover of the October 1969 issue of Track and Field News.
Bill TOOMEY is a former American decathlete who won the gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He also set a world record of 8,417 points and coached at Cal/Irvine.
Bill Toomey is a former track and field athlete who won the decathlon gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. He also set the world record in the decathlon in 1969 and won five Amateur Athletic Union titles.
Bill Toomey is a former American decathlete who won the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also set a world record of 8,417 points in 1969 and married Mary Rand, a British long jump champion.
Jun 21, 1992 · Bill Toomey won the Olympic decathlon championship in 1968 at Mexico City and retired the next year after setting a world record.
Bill Toomey was a legendary decathlete and pentathlete who won the Olympic gold in 1968 and set world records in both events. He also coached, taught and worked for the Peace Corps and the U.S. Olympics Committee.
A man who coped with repeated adversity, and kept bouncing back. 2 min 18 October 1968 15:00 GMT-7. Athletics. When he was 12 years old, Bill Toomey was playing with a piece of ceramic pottery when it shattered and severed the nerves in his right wrist.
