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Bob Richards, born Robert Eugene Richards on February 20, 1926, in Champaign, was an American pole vaulter and politician. He competed in the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics representing the United States. Educated at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, he was also known by the nickname "The Vaulting Vicar."
Richards was an author with seven listed works, including *I Want to Be a Lion Tamer*, *Triangle of Treason*, and *Yellowstone Country*. He died on February 26, 2023, in Waco. While some sources list him as a cricketer, his primary athletic discipline was pole vaulting, and he spoke English.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- I Want to Be a Lion Tamer a Guide to Living Your Passion
- Its in the Fine Print from the files of Consumer Watch 1999 first edition paperbk
- Triangle of Treason : An Enthralling Spy Thriller Set in WW2 Bermuda
- Triangle of Treason
- Yellowstone Country
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 28
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Richards">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 59,281x
- Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology
· 2015 · cited 29,161x
- Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation
· 2013 · cited 12,263x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,207x
- IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
· 2013 · cited 9,541x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Robert Eugene Richards , ( 1926-02-20 ) February 20, 1926, Champaign, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) (aged 97)
- Party
- Populist (1984–1996), American Freedom (2010–2023)
- Alma mater
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 75 kg (165 lb)
- Sport
- Pole vault, decathlon
- Club
- LAAC , Los Angeles
- Personal best s
- HJ – 1.91 m (1954), PV – 4.72 m (1957), LJ – 7.09 m (1954)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Cricket
- Team
- _Retired Cricket
- Position
- Cricketer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bob
- Family name
- Richards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Champaign
- Place of death
- Waco
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1948 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Bob Richards 1951.jpg
- Height
- 178
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1926-02-20
- Commons category
- Bob Richards
- sports discipline competed in
- pole vault
- name in native language
- Robert Eugene Richards
- nickname
- The Vaulting Vicar
- different from
- Robert Richards
- date of death
- 2023-02-26
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- end of work period
- 1956-00-00
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0