Bob Richards, olympic pole vault champion, dies at age 97.
Bob Richards, a three-time olympian and the first athlete to ever be featured on a Wheaties cereal box, has died, his son said on social media. He was 97.
"We lost a national treasure today," Brandon Richards wrote Sunday on Facebook. "He passed in his sleep peacefully surrounded by loved ones. He is in a better place now and at peace."
U.S.A. Track and Field also put out a statement remembering the legendary "Vaulting Vicar," a nickname Richards earned after he became an ordained minister while still competing. According to U.S.A Track and Field, Richards had been the oldest living track and field gold medalist at the time of his death.
Richards grew up as a "skinny poor kid from Illinois with stuttering speech," his son wrote. He eventually overcame his speech impediment and would travel across the country to give sermons while competing at the University of Illinois, his son said.
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