Melba Mathias – Rarefilm Archive https://rarefilm.net Selected Movie Classics & Rare Cinema Archive Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:19:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.19 The Bob Mathias Story (1954) Francis D. Lyon, Bob Mathias https://rarefilm.net/the-bob-mathias-story-1954-francis-d-lyon-bob-mathias-ward-bond-melba-mathias/ Sun, 01 Jan 2023 23:39:12 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=170748
California school boy and Stanford University student Bob Mathias was the first man to win two Olympic Gold Medals in the Decathlon in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. The film begins with him as a 17-year-old schoolboy in Tulare, California where his high school track coach, played by Ward Bond, encourages him to train for the Olympics, with the Dacathlon in mind. His story, far from over, ends here with his victory in the 1952 Olympics and with Mathias in the U.S. Marine Corps. He and his wife, Melba, play themselves in one of the few movie bios that doesn’t play fast and loose with the facts, especially in a bio with the subject playing himself.

Director: Francis D. Lyon

Stars: Bob Mathias, Ward Bond, Melba Mathias

Also Known As (AKA): A História de Bob Mathias, À Conquista da Glória, The Flaming Torch

IMDB

File Name : The Bob Mathias Story_1954.rarefilm.net.mkv
File Size : 0.87 GB / 894.54 MB
Resolution : 714×472 @ 634×472
Duration : 01:20:29

Quality: TVRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport

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