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RIP Bob Richards
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:39 am
by Vandal
Bob Richards, pole vaulter who landed on Wheaties boxes, dies at 97
Bob Richards, an ordained minister who became the first athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties box after he won two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault during the 1950s, an accomplishment he parlayed into a successful career as a motivational speaker, died Feb. 26 at his home in Waco, Tex. He was 97.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ ... b403&ei=72
Re: RIP Bob Richards
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:18 am
by earendel
Vandal wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:39 am
Bob Richards, pole vaulter who landed on Wheaties boxes, dies at 97
Bob Richards, an ordained minister who became the first athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties box after he won two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault during the 1950s, an accomplishment he parlayed into a successful career as a motivational speaker, died Feb. 26 at his home in Waco, Tex. He was 97.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ ... b403&ei=72
Apparently in his later years his political leanings came out.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/201 ... cist-party
Re: RIP Bob Richards
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:15 pm
by silverscreenselect
I would have guessed wrong on Dead or Alive about him.
Re: RIP Bob Richards
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:35 pm
by Bob Juch
earendel wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:18 am
Vandal wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:39 am
Bob Richards, pole vaulter who landed on Wheaties boxes, dies at 97
Bob Richards, an ordained minister who became the first athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties box after he won two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault during the 1950s, an accomplishment he parlayed into a successful career as a motivational speaker, died Feb. 26 at his home in Waco, Tex. He was 97.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ ... b403&ei=72
Apparently in his later years his political leanings came out.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/201 ... cist-party
Hate thy neighbor.
I wonder if he realized that there are no white people in the bible.
Re: RIP Bob Richards
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:02 pm
by BackInTex
Bob Juch wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:35 pm
[there are no white people in the bible.
Really? I'm not saying there are or there aren't. But where do you get that from?
Re: RIP Bob Richards
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:23 pm
by Bob Juch
BackInTex wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:02 pm
Bob Juch wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:35 pm
[there are no white people in the bible.
Really? I'm not saying there are or there aren't. But where do you get that from?
Name one person in the bible who was white.
Re: RIP Bob Richards
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:42 pm
by ne1410s
Rev Bob,
A mouth full of Jesus and a heart full of hate.
Re: RIP Bob Richards
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:47 pm
by Bob Juch
ne1410s wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:42 pm
Rev Bob,
A mouth full of Jesus and a heart full of hate.
Yes, that was Bob Richards,