Thursday, August 02, 2012

Former Olympic pole-vaulter recalls the thrill of the games

George Mattos, 82, lost his shot at a medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics because of the first use of fiberglass poles

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120801/NEWS/208010323/-1/NEWSMAP

Keith Conning:

1947 CIF State Meet Pole Vault
1. George Mattos (Pacific Grove, CCS) 12-6
2. (tie) Don Sanders (Jordan, SS) 12-3
Robert Culp (Berkeley, NCS) 12-3

Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor, scriptwriter, voice actor and director, widely known for his work in television.[1] Culp first earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy (1965–1968), the espionage series in which he and co-star Bill Cosby played a pair of secret agents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Culp

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