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Bill Toomey

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William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is an American former track and field competitor and 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. Toomey was head coach in track and field at the University of California at Irvine in the early 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Toomey is the 2,921st most popular athlete (down from 2,639th in 2019), the 14,695th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,553rd in 2019) and the 486th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bill Toomey ranks 2,921 out of 6,025. Before him are Marcell Jacobs, Sheila Ingram, Yarelys Barrios, Derek Redmond, Kate Schmidt, and Brigitte McMahon. After him are Mikhail Shchennikov, Astrid Kumbernuss, Kim Tae-gyun, Nikolay Sidorov, Ivan Zaytsev, and Florica Lavric.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Bill Toomey ranks 631. Before him are George M. Whitesides, Peter Radford, John A. Russo, John H. Sununu, D. C. Fontana, and Bob Armstrong. After him are Jagdeep, Ben Cayetano, Jim Baxter, Don McKinnon, Barry Mann, and Zelmo Beaty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Toomey ranks 14,699 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Dante DiMartino (1974), Johnny Gioeli (1967), Kaitlyn Dever (1996), Martha Tilton (1915), Willow Smith (2000), and Roy Blunt (1950). After him are Tera Wray (1982), Sandy Berger (1945), Nikki McCray-Penson (1971), William Gilmore Simms (1806), Jenny Thompson (1973), and Eric Balfour (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bill Toomey ranks 486. Before him are Butch Johnson (1955), Al Joyner (1960), Stacy Dragila (1971), Marcell Jacobs (1994), Sheila Ingram (1957), and Kate Schmidt (1953). After him are David Neville (1984), Jenn Suhr (1982), Gerald Tinker (1951), Jon Drummond (1968), Adam Nelson (1975), and Willie Banks (1956).

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