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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.[2]

Toomey was head coach in track and field at the University of California at Irvine in the early 1970s. Before that he worked as a television broadcaster and marketing consultant.[1]

Toomey also competed in Masters Track and Field. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bill Toomey". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Past Covers 1969 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2015.
  3. ^ National Masters News. [1] Retrieved Nov 29, 2020

External links

Media related to Bill Toomey at Wikimedia Commons

Records
Preceded by Men's decathlon world record holder
December 11, 1969 – September 8, 1972
Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Track & Field Athlete of the Year
1969
Succeeded by