Lunch With Olympian Rafer Johnson


Item Number: 147

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $2,000

Online Close: Nov 7, 2009 8:00 AM EST

Bid History: 0 bids

Description

This is a once in a lifetime experience to treasure. You and one very good friend or family member will enjoy lunch with Olympic decathlon Champion and revered humanitarian Rafer Johnson.


 


Johnson was named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1958 [2] and won the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States in 1960, breaking that award's color barrier. In 1994, he was elected into the first class of the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was named one of ESPN's 100 Greatest North American Athletes of the 20th Century. In 2006, the NCAA named him one of the 100 Most Influential Student Athletes of the past 100 years. After this gold medal, Johnson ended his athletic career. In 1960, he began acting in motion pictures and worked as a sportscaster. In the 1963-1964 season, he appeared on an episode of ABCs drama about college life, Channing starring Jason Evers and Henry Jones. In 1968, he worked on the presidential election campaign of Robert F. Kennedy and was one of those present who helped wrestle Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan to the floor. Sixteen years later, he was chosen to ignite the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.  He is an advocate of the Special Olympics.

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Special Instructions

Arrangements to be made with Mr. Johnson


 


Valid until December 31st, 2010

Donated by

Rafer Johnson
Sharon and Bud Guthrie