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The Bob Mathias Story (1954)
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Richard Collins (writer)
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24 October 1954 (USA)
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California school boy and UCLA student Bob Mathias was the first man two win two Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics...
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(Credited cast)| Bob Mathias | ... | Bob Mathias | |
| Ward Bond | ... | Coach Jackson | |
| Melba Mathias | ... | Melba Mathias | |
| Howard Petrie | ... | Dr. Charles Mathias | |
| Ann Doran | ... | Mrs. Lillian Mathias | |
| Diane Jergens | ... | Pat Mathias | |
| Paul Bryar | ... | Bill Andrews | |
| Anne Kimbell | ... | Sally | |
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| Frank Gifford | ... | Frank Gifford, Stanford vs. USC game (archive footage) | |
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The Flaming Torch (UK)
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80 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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USA:Approved (PCA #17144, General Audience)
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Referenced in "You Bet Your Life: (#4.33)" (1954)
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This biographical account of Bob Mathias's life up to and including his Olympic gold medals is more like a documentary or "real-life" TV show than anything else.
Track & Field enthusiasts will find it interesting. You certainly can't complain that the scenes of Mathias competing aren't realistic, seeing as he plays himself!