Bob Seagren

He is also an active supporter of the Commission on Athletics of the California Community Colleges. His children are also performers, the most famous being his daughter Marlo. Today, he is CEO of International City Racing, which specializes in the development, management, and implementation of road racing, endurance, and fitness events, including the Long Beach International City Marathon. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee in 1962. A 1968 University of Southern California graduate, Seagren took a try at professional track and later he started his career in television and movies as a show host and soap opera actor. He founded St. East German Wolfgang Nordwig didn't use a Cata-Pole and won the gold medal, with Seagren coming second. His most famous role was on his self-titled television show, The Danny Thomas Show.

In the 1972 Summer Olympics, a last-minute ruling barred the new Cata-Pole from Olympic competition, forcing some vaulters, including Seagren, to compete with unfamiliar poles. He first performed under his birth name, and then Amos Jacobs, before settling on Danny Thomas. Four years later, in Munich, he's best remembered for the Olympic gold medal he didn't get. Thomas was born in Deerfield, Michigan under the name Muzyad Yakhoob. He, silver medallist Claus Schiprowski (West Germany) and the bronze medal winner Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) had reached the same height (5,40m). Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 - February 6, 1991) was an American television and film actor of Lebanese descent. In an exciting contest, he won the gold medal.

In 1968, Bob Seagren participated in his first Olympic Games in Mexico City. He jumped his first world record (5,32m) in Fresno on May 14, 1966, followed by his world records 1967 in San Diego (5,36m), 1968 in South Lake Tahoe (5,41m) and 1972 in Eugene (5,63m). He was also the Pan American Games champion in 1967. Indoors he posted eight world bests between 1966 and 1969.

He won six National AAU and four NCAA titles indoors and outdoors. A native of Pomona, California, Bob Seagren was one of the world's top pole vaulters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Robert "Bob" Seagren (born October 17, 1946) was an American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion.