Rick Wanamaker was born on March 20,1948 in Marengo, Iowa and is an American track and basketball athlete, known principally for winning the decathlon in the 1971 Pan American Games and for blocking a shot against Lew Alcindor in the 1969 NCAA national basketball semi-finals.
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Rick Wanamaker attended Iowa Valley High School in Marengo, where he played basketball.
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Rick Wanamaker earned a scholarship and attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he studied advertising.
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Rick Wanamaker was the 1970 NCAA national champion and an All-American in decathlon, the 1971 AAU National Champion in decathlon, with a score of 7989, and was the 1971 gold medalist in decathlon at the Pan American Games with a score of 7648.
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Rick Wanamaker was injured prior to the 1972 Munich Olympic trials, and did not qualify for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Rick Wanamaker did defeat Mykola Avilov, the 1972 Olympic Champion, during the 1971 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet Series, held in Berkley, California and Bruce Jenner, the 1976 Olympic Champion, now known as Caitlyn Jenner, at the 1971 Drake Relays and 1971 National AAU Championships in Porterville, California.
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Rick Wanamaker was a member of the Drake Bulldog basketball team that finished third in the 1969 NCAA basketball tournament after losing to UCLA in the finals and beating University of North Carolina in the consolation round.
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Rick Wanamaker is best known for blocking a shot against Lew Alcindor in the 1969 NCAA national semi-finals in Louisville.
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Rick Wanamaker was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1970, but did not pursue basketball.
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