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Rick Wanamaker was born on 20 March, 1948 in Marengo, Iowa, U.S., is an American decathlete. Discover Rick Wanamaker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?
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Marengo, Iowa, U.S. |
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Rick Wanamaker Height, Weight & Measurements
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Rick Wanamaker Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Rick Wanamaker worth at the age of 75 years old? Rick Wanamaker’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United States. We have estimated Rick Wanamaker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Rick Wanamaker (born March 20, 1948) is an American track and basketball athlete, known principally for winning the decathlon in the 1971 Pan American Games and for blocking a shot against Lew Alcindor in the 1969 NCAA national basketball semi-finals.
Rick Wanamaker attended Iowa Valley High School in Marengo, where he played basketball.
He earned a scholarship and attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he studied advertising.
As a freshman, he wanted to participate in the Drake Relays, and chose the decathlon.
Wanamaker finished second to Dick Fosbury, the 1968 Olympic high jump Champion, by 1 inch, at the 1969 Drake Relays.
Wanamaker was a member of the Drake Bulldogs basketball team that finished third in the 1969 NCAA basketball tournament after losing to UCLA in the finals and beating the University of North Carolina in the consolation round.
He is best known for blocking a shot against Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in the 1969 NCAA national semi-final game in Louisville.
Wanamaker's block of Alcindor's shot is one of the 100 top plays in NCAA tournament history, according to www.BleacherReport.com.
Wanamaker was a top ten U.S. decathlete from 1970 to 1974.
He was the 1970 NCAA national champion and an All-American in decathlon, the 1971 AAU National Champion in decathlon, with a score of 7989, and was the 1971 gold medalist in decathlon at the Pan American Games with a score of 7648.
Wanamaker placed fifth at the 1970 Summer Universiade Men's decathlon in Turin, Italy.
He was the first high jumper, from the state of Iowa, to clear 7 feet, while competing in the 1970 Missouri Valley Conference Meet at Drake University.
A photograph of Rick Wanamaker running in the 1970 NCAA Championships at Drake University, taken by Jeff Jacobsen, was named the National Press Photographer’s Association best sports photo of the year.
He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the fourth pick in the 15th round of the 1970 NBA draft, but he did not pursue a career in professional basketball.
Wanamaker is one of the tallest successful decathletes, at 6'-8", 210 lbs. in 1971.
He was injured prior to the 1972 Munich Olympic trials, and did not qualify for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He did defeat Mykola Avilov, the 1972 Olympic Champion, during the 1971 USA–USSR Track and Field Dual Meet Series, held in Berkley, California and Bruce Jenner, the 1976 Olympic Champion, now known as Caitlyn Jenner, at the 1971 Drake Relays and 1971 National AAU Championships in Porterville, California.
In 2007, he was named to the Missouri Valley Conference's All-Time Track and Field and Cross Country Teams.
