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Bob Mathias
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American athlete and congressman (1930–2006)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Joy of the Baby
- American Odyssey
- An American odyssey
- Crescent color guide to sailing and boardsailing
- Crescent Color Guide to Sailing and Broadsailing
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Tulare, California, USA
Known for
- Spirit of the Games — Himself1996
- The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team — Self - Performer1984
- It Happened in Athens — Coach Graham1962
- Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete — Prince Teseo1960
- The Troubleshooters — Frank Dugan1959
- China Doll — Capt. Phil Gates1958
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse — Self1958
- The Bob Mathias Story — Himself1954
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
via TMDB
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 58,098x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,367x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 13,756x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,176x
- Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency
· 2013 · cited 6,742x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Harlan Hagen
- Succeeded by
- William M. Ketchum
- Born
- Robert Bruce Mathias , ( 1930-11-17 ) November 17, 1930, Tulare, California , U.S.
- Died
- September 2, 2006 (2006-09-02) (aged 75) , Fresno, California , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse s
- Melba Mathias (1954–1976), Gwen Haven Alexander (1977–2006)
- Education
- Stanford University ( BA )
- Height
- 6 ft 3 in (190 cm)
- Weight
- 203 lb (92 kg)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Decathlon
- Club
- Olympic Club, San Francisco;, Stanford Cardinal
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Bob Mathias 1952.jpg
- Height
- 1.90
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1930-11-17
- date of death
- 2006-09-02
- Commons category
- Bob Mathias
- name in native language
- Bob Mathias
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Article
Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games. As a Republican, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for California's 18th congressional district, for four terms from 1967 to 1975.
Early life and athletic career