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Athlete Bio#
Age
86
Hometown
New Canaan, CT
Education
Worcester Academy (Worcester, Mass.) University of Colorado Boulder; Stanford University
Personal
Won four Amature Athletic Union pentathlon titles and five decathlon titles at the University of Colorado Boulder...Went on to earn his master’s degree in education from Stanford University...Served as a consultant to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Organizing Committee...Worked as a member of the President’s Commission on Olympic Sports from 1976-78...Coached at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California Irvine.Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 gold)
- Olympic Games Mexico City 1968, gold (Decathlon - Men)
Hall Of Fame Bio #
William “Bill” Toomey is an American former track and field athlete and the decathlon gold medalist at the Olympic Games Mexico City 1968. The Pittsburgh native won 23 of the 38 decathlons he competed in throughout his career, scoring more than 8,000 points a dozen times. He also won a record five Amateur Athletic Union decathlon titles. After winning the gold medal in the decathlon at the Mexico City 1968 Games, Toomey set the world record in the decathlon in December 1969. He was named the winner of the James E. Sullivan Award that same year as the top amateur athlete in the nation. Toomey later worked as a television broadcaster and marketing consultant.
