1. Robert Seagren was born on October 17,1946 and is a retired American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion.
16 Facts About Bob Seagren
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Bob Seagren won six National AAU and four NCAA titles indoors and outdoors.
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Bob Seagren was the Pan American Games champion in 1967.
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Bob Seagren set his first world record 5.32 metres in Fresno on May 14,1966, followed by his world records 1967 in San Diego 5.36 metres, 1968 in Echo Summit near South Lake Tahoe 5.41 metres and 1972 in Eugene 5.63 metres.
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In 1968, Bob Seagren participated in his first Olympic Games in Mexico City.
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Bob Seagren was taken in the 1967 ABA Draft by the New Orleans Buccaneers, despite never having played basketball at any level.
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Bob Seagren won the inaugural American Superstars sports competition in 1973 as well as the first World Superstars in 1977, his lone victories in both events.
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Bob Seagren was able to enjoy the spoils from these competitions because he had become a professional athlete having signed to join the International Track Association tour after the 1972 Olympics.
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Bob Seagren went on to become an actor, appearing in several movies and television shows, including the controversial sitcom Soap in 1977 in which he played Dennis Phillips, a gay football player in a relationship with Billy Crystal's character Jodie Dallas.
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Bob Seagren appeared as a guest star in an episode of Charlie's Angels in 1980, called "Toni's Boys" as a detective who worked for a friend of Charlie who was in the detective business.
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Bob Seagren was referred to in the episode as an "Olympic Champion" although he played a fictional character.
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Bob Seagren guest starred on the TV series Wonder Woman in the episodes called "Stolen Faces" and "The Man Who Could Not Die".
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Bob Seagren played himself, serving as an LAPD youth camp counselor on the "Camp Two" episode of Adam-12.
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Bob Seagren is an active supporter of the Commission on Athletics of the California Community Colleges.
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Bob Seagren was named to the inaugural class of the Mt.
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Bob Seagren was married to actress and Playboy Playmate of the month Peggy McIntaggart, and they had twins, McKenzie and Mika Seagren, born in 1997.