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24 October 1954 (USA)
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California school boy and Stanford University student Bob Mathias was the first man to win two Olympic...
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(in credits order) | 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) |
| Milton Campbell | ... | Milton Campbell, USA Shotputter (uncredited) |
 | William Conrad | ... | Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited) |
| Tom Hanlon | ... | Football Game Announcer (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | ... | 1948 Olympics Spectator (uncredited) |
| Jonathan Hole | ... | Olympics Reporter (uncredited) |
| Harry Lauter | ... | Irving Mondschein (uncredited) |
| Pat McCormick | ... | Pat McCormick, Olympics Women's Diving Champion (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | ... | 1948 Olympic Spectator (uncredited) |
| Robert Nichols | ... | Stanford Football Player (uncredited) |
| John Pickard | ... | 1948 Olympics Reporter (uncredited) |
| William Tannen | ... | Olympic Reporter (uncredited) |
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| Francis D. Lyon | |||
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| Richard Collins | ||
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| James L. Fallon | .... | executive producer | |
| William E. Selwyn | .... | producer | |
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| Leith Stevens | |||
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| Ellsworth Fredericks | |||
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| Walter Hannemann | |||
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| Dave Milton | (as David Milton) | ||
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| Budd Friend | |||
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| Richard Maybery | .... | production manager | |
| Allen K. Wood | .... | production manager | |
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| Hal Klein | .... | assistant director | |
| Paul Wurtzel | .... | second assistant director | |
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| Fred Hartsook | .... | set construction | |
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| Charles Cooper | .... | sound recordist | |
| Jack Wheeler | .... | sound editor | |
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| Chuck Keehne | .... | wardrobe | |
| Ernestine Wood | .... | wardrobe | |
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| Leith Stevens | .... | conductor | |
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USA:Approved (PCA #17144, General Audience)
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Referenced in "You Bet Your Life: Episode #4.33" (1954)See more »
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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!