California school boy Bob Mathias was the first man to win two Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon in 1948 and 1952. The film follows his journey from a 17-year-old schoolboy in Tulare, California to his victory in the 1952 Olympics and his time in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The Bob Mathias Story
A California schoolboy turned Stanford University student, Bob Mathias, astonishingly won two Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon, achieving the feat in 1948 and 1952.