Richards served as a spokesman for General Mills from 1956 to 70. So did his grandson Riley, who won two state championships for China Spring High School before going on to compete at Baylor. In the same period he also won eight indoor championships. 1 pole vaulter for eight consecutive years. The school said in a release he held the ranking as the No. He built a pit in his backyard, jumping over a crossbar set between a tree limb and phone pole. In 1951, he became the second pole vaulter to clear 15 feet. Gifts processed in this system are not tax deductible, but are predominately used to help meet the local financial requirements needed to receive national matching-grant funds. His son, Brandon, wrote in a social media post that his father "passed in his sleep peacefully surrounded by loved ones.". He was the greatest dad I could ever ask for and I will miss him dearly., AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports. Robert Eugene Richards was born on Feb. 20, 1926, in Champaign, Illinois, the third of five children of Leslie and Margaret (Palfrey) Richards. If you are experiencing difficulties logging in or are a subscriber getting a paywall, please try one or more of the following steps. He was 97. His sons followed in his pole-vaulting footsteps. Please subscribe to keep reading. They each will now pursue consideration to be the No. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Robert Seagren (born October 17, 1946) is a retired American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion . Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Former NFL star cornerback Irv Cross, who died in 2021, was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Boston University researchers said Tuesday. Please use the button below to verify an existing account or to purchase a new subscription. Bob Richards . In 1984, saying the country must work to get rid of these tyrants who rule us, he ran for president on the Populist Party ticket. His father was a telephone lineman. But it also came to be known for the far-right extremist views of one its founders, Willis Carto, a Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi hero. Richards did it for schools in 2 statesas a junior in Texas, then as a senior in California) All in the family: 4 great pairs are represented here, topped by Mondo and his father Greg, who ranked twice, including a No. American athletics competitor, pole vaulter. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. He started at quarterback for his high school football team. By then, Mr. Richards was hopscotching around the country delivering what would add up to more than 25,000 motivational speeches at sales conferences, awards dinners and corporate retreats. USA Track and Field confirmed his death. Known alternatively as the Vaulting Vicar and the Pole Vaulting Pastor, Mr. Richards was one of the most dominating athletes of his time, leaping as high as 15 feet 6 inches with a stiff metal pole in the days before flexible fiberglass helped Olympic vaulters cross over bars nearly 20 feet in height. Baylor freshman Riley Richards' pole-vault lineage can be traced all the way back to the 1940s. 'Bo was a legend', 5 CT companies hiring for 100 or more positions, Elizabeth's Cafe in Madison to be razed for new restaurant, housing, The Best Window Replacement Companies in CT, Guide to Legal Cannabis Dispensaries in CT, The Best Kitchen Remodeling Companies in CT, The Best Bathroom Remodeling Companies in CT, Video of fatal police shooting of CT man will not be released yet, Cannabis activists want more CT criminal cases dropped, expunged, CT DOT faces criticism following overnight tree-cutting, Haar: $1M in payouts approved, and CT still has a garbage crisis. The Champaign native went on to become a six-time NCAA champion at the University of Illinois. Be Nice. Waco's Bob Richards, the first person to win two Olympic gold medals in pole vaulting, died Sunday at age 97, his son Brandon confirmed in a social media post. Lakers concerned injured LeBron James may miss more than a week. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Bob Richards, a two-time Olympic pole vault gold medalist who also became an ordained minister, died Sunday. Omissions? With the ministers help, Mr. Richards enrolled at Bridgewater College, a Brethren-affiliated school in Virginia, where he dominated collegiate pole vaulting. He always motivated us kids the same way to be the best we could be. The UAW made an announcement on its website. Bob Richards 1951.jpg 455 731; 156 KB. He added that his father "always motivated us kids the same way to be the best we could be. 1 min read. He also was the oldest living Olympic track and field champion before his death. Bob Richards 2.jpg 801 1,000; 128 KB. He was the greatest dad I could ever ask for and I will miss him dearly., AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports, 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. He won a bronze medal in his first Olympic go-round, followed by back-to-back gold medals. A Facebook post by his son Brandon said that Richards "passed in his sleep peacefully surrounded by loved ones.". Please use the button below to manage your account. Richards also competed as a decathlete . Bob Richards was born on February 20, 1926 in Champaign, Illinois, USA. 1 pick, commit to quarterback Justin Fields. Advertisement. Bob showed early abilities in basketball and was a pole-vaulter and a star quarterback at Champaign Central High School. Bob Richards, a three-time olympian and the first athlete to ever be featured on a Wheaties cereal box, has died, his son said on social media. He received the James E. Sullivan award in 1951 for outstanding amateur athlete. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. From Champaign, Illinois, Richards went on to become a six-time NCAA champion at the University of Illinois. His son, Brandon, wrote in a social media post that his father passed in his sleep peacefully surrounded by loved ones.. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The Cincinnati Bengals don't plan to trade wide receiver Tee Higgins and consider the notion "ridiculous," director of player personnel Duke Tobin said Tuesday in Indianapolis. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Illinois family lost one of its most decorated athletes with the passing of Bob Richards on Sunday, February 26, 2023. The versatile athlete known as the Vaulting Vicar also competed in the Olympic decathlon in 1956. He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983 after a career that included winning at the Millrose Games 11 straight times. The Washington Post - Bob Richards, an ordained minister who became the first athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties box after he won two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault during the 1950s, an accomplishment he parlayed into a successful career as a motivational speaker, died Feb. 26 at his home in Waco, Tex. It is a Monday night, and he is to address the annual awards dinner of the Evansville Sales and Marketing Executives Club, attended by some 200 salesmen and their ladies.. He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983 after a career that included winning at the Millrose Games 11 straight times. He also won decathlon championships in the 1951 and 195455 AAU meets. The Lakers also fear James could miss more than a week while healing. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. They had never gotten on a track. Thank you for reading! 1 overall pick in the 2023 and are committed to quarterback Justin Fields next season, general manager Ryan Poles told reporters Tuesday in Indianapolis. How close is Florida's Trinity Thomas to the NCAA's perfect 10 record? Richards was interested in athletics from boyhood, participating in diving and tumbling before taking up the pole vault in junior high school. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Centex baseball preview: What's old, new, borrowed and blue for 2023? Keep reading with unlimited digital access. Don't Threaten. She died in 2019. He was 97. The family that plays and prays together stays together, Richards intoned on countless occasions. FILE - American pole vaulter Bob Richards, left, talks with Brazilian pole vaulter Helcio Buck-Silva during a break in a training session in Helsinki, July 11, 1952. 2021 (Eugene, Oregon, June 21) 1. Class Of 1983, Olympian. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. In his day, he was considered the greatest pole vaulter in history. Robert Eugene Richards was born on Feb. 20, 1926, in Champaign, Ill., the third of five children of Leslie and Margaret (Palfrey) Richards. Robert Eugene 'Bob' Richards 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. 1967 Winnipeg. Mr. Richardss daughter said her father regretted running on the Populist Party ticket given the extremism that developed in the party.. Use the 'Report' link on Bob Richards, the only male two-time winner of the Olympic pole vault, who in the 1950s became a hero of American Cold War competition with the Soviet Union and a breakfast-table hero to millions as the first champion on the front of the Wheaties box, died Sunday at his home in Waco, Texas. Olympic-winning pole vaulter, pastor Bob Richards dies at 97. General Mills. Mr. Richardss 1946 marriage to Mary Leah Cline ended in divorce. A native of Pomona, California, Seagren was one of the world's top pole vaulters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Joe Dial ('81) and nephew Bruce Dial ('93) both ranked No. Even Richards son Brandon, as a teenager using a fiberglass pole in 1985, vaulted 18 feet 2 inches, which was then a national record for a high schooler and stood for 14 years. From Champaign, Illinois, Richards went on to become a six-time NCAA champion at the University of Illinois. He competed in the 1948 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. RICHARDS, Robert Eugene ("Bob") (b. Todays top male vaulters, with refined techniques and springy fiberglass poles that bow almost to U shapes, routinely soar over crossbars set above 19 feet. Much has changed since Richards, a two-time Olympic pole vaulting champion, was Mr. Wheaties. [1955] Richards was elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983, and to the U.S. National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1975. Hall Of Fame Member. Your capacity is only discovered, ladies and gentlemen, in challenge. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. At the 1948 Olympic Games in London, he won a bronze medal, and he won his first gold medal at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, repeating this accomplishment at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. FILE - American pole vaulter Bob Richards, left, talks with Brazilian pole vaulter Helcio Buck-Silva during a break in a training session in Helsinki, July 11, 1952. USA Track and Field confirmed his death. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James will not play Tuesday due to his recent right foot injury, the team announced. Illinois pole vaulting legend Bob Richards has passed away. When the cheerleading coach broke the news to Katrina Kohel that she was the only one left on the cheer squad, Kohel was determined to compete anyway. In 2000, Richards was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy and awarded the Order of Lincoln (states highest honor) by the state of Illinois. But from 1947 to 1957, he dominated national and international competitions by clearing 15 feet more than 125 times. If youve got a little tiny goal, a little tiny challenge, youll never make it., He brought up the boxer Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, who was famous for saying, Im the greatest!, You know how important it is to feel that way about yourself? Mr. Richards said. Richards competed at the 1948, '52 and '56 Olympics in the pole vault. Bob Richards is Illinois greatest pole vaulter in school history, while also earning a spot as one of the best U.S. vaulters in the history of the event. He was 97. Bobbing and weaving, his forehead glistening with perspiration, he is Rocky Marciano on the attack against Archie Moore. He was 97. He also appeared on a box of Wheaties cereal. 1. "I saw it more as a mission than a job," says Richards, who was the General Mills cereal's . Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. In his Facebook post, Brandon Richards said his father began reading the Bible and preaching as a way to overcome his stuttering. He became a pastor who went all around to give lectures, leading to a career as a motivational speaking. USA Track and Field confirmed his death. Brandon`s father, Bob Richards, is to the pole vault what Babe Ruth is to the home run: a standard of comparison. A Facebook post . He also appeared on a Wheaties box. 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He took gold medals at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, and the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Growing up, he excelled in sports. He was 97. Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson appear headed for the April 4 election. Richards is survived by two sons, Paul and Robert Jr., and a daughter, Carol Stasiewicz, from his first marriage; two sons, Thomas and Brandon, and a daughter, Tammy Richards LeSure, from his second; a brother, Kenny; 12 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. In 1958, Olympic pole vaulter Bob Richards became the first athlete to be featured on the front of a Wheaties box. With the help of gynecologic oncology specialists at Providence, Amy beat cancerand found the courage to accomplish things shed never dreamed of. 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A two-time Olympic champion, Richards was going 15 feet when fiberglass poles were . He became a pastor who went all around to give lectures, leading to a career as a motivational speaking. Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series -- which helps to offset the costs of several reporter and editor positions at the newspaper -- by using the easy options below. Mr. Richards is still the only Olympic pole vaulter to win two gold medals, but hes not the familys lone record holder. He was 97. The two-time Olympic gold medalist watched as his . Sportswriters called him the Vaulting Vicar because he was an ordained minister. He was also a successful businessman who formerly owned Bear Ridge Golf Course and Lake Waco Golf Club. His autobiography, Heart of a Champion, was published in 1959. In 1970, he bicycled 3,300 miles from Los Angeles to New York to promote fitness. He won six National AAU and four NCAA titles indoors and outdoors. Will Anderson Jr., top pass rush prospects mimic NFL greats, eye top spot. Richards was also a family man, and all four of his sons followed in their fathers footsteps as pole vaulters. His father was a telephone lineman. I say this and dont say this to be humble, Mr. Richards said in a recorded speech sold as Theres Genius in the Average Man, but I reckon that there were over a million guys in America who could have beaten me in both Olympic Games. INDIANAPOLIS, March 1 (UPI) -- An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for Georgia football star Jalen Carter, a top NFL Draft prospect, for his alleged involvement in a fatal January car crash, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department said. At 20, he had been ordained a minister of the Church of the Brethren, an Anabaptist denomination, and the news media had reflexively called him the Vaulting Vicar and the Pole Vaulting Pastor. Bob Richards waves to the crowd after winning the pole vault gold medal at 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 26, 1956. Robert Eugene Richards was born on Feb. 20, 1926, in Champaign, Ill., the third of five children of Leslie and Margaret (Palfrey) Richards. Richards . By Robert D. McFadden Bob Richards, the only male two-time winner of the Olympic pole vault, who in the 1950s became a hero of American Cold War competition with the Soviet Union and a breakfast-table hero to millions as the first champion on the front of the Wheaties box, died Sunday at his home in Waco, Texas. His son, Brandon, wrote in a social media post that his father passed in his sleep peacefully surrounded by loved ones.. Richards' exploits in track and field earned him three Olympic medals, a record, and 20 national titles. Ex-Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane calls trade to Rangers 'bittersweet'. He is an actor, . Jacob Wooten (unat) . KC Lightfoot (Bay) 19-2 | 5.85: 4. 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