About Bill Toomey
Born 1939. Bill Toomey is an American athletics competitor.
William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is an American former track and field competitor and was the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.
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.. His 400m time of 45.68 set during the 1968 Olympics was the decathlon world best until 2015 when it was surpassed by Ashton Eaton's 45.00.
Toomey was head coach in track and field for the UC Irvine Anteaters in the early 1970s. Before that he worked as a television broadcaster and marketing consultant.
Toomey also competed in Masters Track and Field.
He married British 1964 Olympic long jump champion Mary Rand.
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Who is Bill Toomey?
American decathlete
When was Bill Toomey born?
Bill Toomey was born on 10 January 1939 in Philadelphia.
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Bill Toomey is an athletics competitor.
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Bill Toomey is American.
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