Sport: Athletics

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Biography: An all-around athlete while at the University of Colorado, Toomey won five consecutive AAU pentathlon championships between 1960 and 1964, setting new American records in 1961 and 1964. Toomey's string of 5 consecutive AAU pentathlon titles has never been matched or broken. Then in 1965, he won the first of five AAU national decathlon titles. He won the 1967 Pan American Games decathlon championship and went on to win the decathlon event at the Olympic Trials in South Lake Tahoe. While winning the gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Games, he set Olympic records for the decathlon 400M and highest 1st day score. His historic 400M record stands unbroken after the Sydney Games. In 1969, he set world records in the decathlon and pentathlon. The pentathlon world record also stands unbroken. Bill won the 1969 Sullivan Award as the nation's outstanding amateur athlete. He was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1975 and into the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1984. Bill received the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) from the United States Sports Academy in 2000.