Tom Waddell would smile and say ... the "world's greatest athlete" -- the unofficial title bestowed upon the Olympic decathlon champion -- had been, historically, a younger man's game.

Tom Waddell knew what to expect from an Olympics opening ceremony. He’d experienced one before as a decathlete at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He remembered the parade of athletes from around ...

Today, that facility is called the Tom Waddell Health Center ... made the U.S. Olympic team as a decathlete, placing sixth in the event at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. “He was not the ...

Dr. Tom Waddell has been dead since 1987, but the aura of the former Olympic decathlete and gay activist still can dominate a room. Jim Provenzano and Don Romesburg, two of the major movers behind ...

Tom Waddell knew what to expect from an Olympics opening ceremony. He’d experienced one before as a decathlete at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He remembered the parade of athletes from around ...

Tom Waddell knew what to expect from an Olympics opening ceremony. He’d experienced one before as a decathlete at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He remembered the parade of athletes from around ...