Rafer Johnson
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title:
Rafer Johnson
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Rafer Lewis Johnson was an American decathlete and film actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a gold at the 1955 Pan American Games. Johnson was the U.S. team's flag bearer at the 1960 Olympics and lit the Olympic cauldron at the Los Angeles Games in 1984. In 1968, Johnson, football player Rosey Grier, and journalist George Plimpton tackled Sirhan Sirhan moments after he had fatally shot Robert F. Kennedy. After he retired
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American decathlete and actor (1934–2020)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafer_Johnson
date created:
2004-05-15T22:07:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T00:47:55Z
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