Bill Toomey

Bill Toomey in 1968
Personal information
Born	(1939-01-10) January 10, 1939 (age 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Club	Southern California Striders
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 – 10.3 (1966) 200 – 21.2 (1966) 400 – 45.6 (1968) 1500 – 4:12.7 (1964) 110H – 14.2 (1969) 400H – 51.7 (1961) HJ – 6–6¾ (2.00) (1969) PV – 14–0¼ (4.27) (1969) LJ – 26–0¼ (7.93) (1969) SP – 47–2¼ (14.38) (1969) DT – 154–2 (46.99) (1969) JT – 225–8 (68.78) (1969) Dec – 8309 (1969)
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Decathlon Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Decathlon Universiade 1965 Budapest Decathlon

William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is an American former track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.^[1]

He won 23 of the 38 decathlons he competed in, scoring over 8,000 points a dozen times. He was on the cover of the October 1969 issue of Track and Field News.^[2]

Toomey was head coach in track and field at the University of California at Irvine in the early 1970s. Before that he worked as a television broadcaster and marketing consultant.^[1]

Toomey also competed in Masters Track and Field. ^[3]