About
American Olympic decathlete who won gold in the 1960 Rome Olympics and silver in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. He later became a film actor.
Before fame
Although he was the only African-American kid in town, he was voted class president in his junior and senior years.
Trivia
He went to UCLA, played for the Los Angeles Rams, and was in the Olympics. In 1989, he played Johnson in the comedy Think Big. It was his final on-screen role.
Family life
Had two children with his wife, Betsy, whom he married in 1971.
Associated with
John Wooden was his coach when he played at UCLA.
