Bob Richards

Robert Eugene Richards (born February 20, 1926) is an American athlete who made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956.In the 1984 United States presidential election, Richards ran for President of the United States on the newly formed Populist Party ticket. He and running mate Maureen Salaman earned 66,324 votes.