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Director
  
Francis D. Lyon

Music director
  
Leith Stevens

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Biography, Drama, Sport

Screenplay
  
Richard J. Collins

Writer
  
Richard Collins

Language
  
English

The Bob Mathias Story movie poster

Release date
  
October 24, 1954 (1954-10-24)

Cast
  
Bob Mathias
(Himself),
Ward Bond
(Coach Virgil Jackson),
Melba Mathias
(Herself),
Howard Petrie
(Dr. Charles Mathias),
Ann Doran
(Lillian Mathias),
Diane Jergens
(Pat Mathias)

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The Bob Mathias Story is a 1954 drama film directed by Francis D. Lyon, starring Bob Mathias and Ward Bond. The story of the first man to win two consecutive Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon in London in 1948 and in Helsinki in 1952. The film utilized extensive footage of the London and Helsinki Games, including actual footage of Mathias' triumphs.

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Cast

  • Bob Mathias as Bob Mathias
  • Ward Bond as Coach Jackson
  • Melba Mathias as Melba Mathias
  • Howard Petrie as Dr. Charles Mathias
  • Ann Doran as Mrs. Lillian Mathias
  • Diane Jergens as Pat Mathias
  • Paul Bryar as Bill Andrews
  • Anne Kimbell as Sally

    • References

    The Bob Mathias Story Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Bob Mathias Story IMDb The Bob Mathias Story themoviedb.org


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