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
- ^ a b "Bill Toomey". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020.
- ^ Past Covers 1969 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2015.
- ^ National Masters News. [1] Retrieved Nov 29, 2020
External links
Media related to Bill Toomey at Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Toomey. mtsac.edu
- Bill Toomey at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
- Bill Toomey at the Team USA Hall of Fame (archive July 20, 2023)
- Bill Toomey at Olympics.com
- Bill Toomey at Olympedia
| All-around | |
|---|---|
| Pentathlon |
|
| Decathlon |
|
|
World University Games champions in men's decathlon | |
|---|---|
| |
† 1959 was contested as a pentathlon |
You must be logged in to post a comment.