Floyd Simmons

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for the United States
Bronze	1948 London	Decathlon
Bronze	1952 Helsinki	Decathlon

Floyd Macon Simmons (April 10, 1923 – April 1, 2008) was an American athlete and actor who competed mainly in the decathlon. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.

During World War II he was wounded in action in Italy whilst serving with the 10th Mountain Division.

He competed for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, England in the decathlon where he won the bronze medal. He repeated this feat four years later in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he again won the bronze medal. He died in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In addition to competing in sports, Simmons also appeared in over a dozen films most memorably in South Pacific (1958). He was considered for the role of Brick in the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and was signed to play Mr. Roberts in a Joshua Logan television series of the same name that was unmade.^[1]

Notes

↑ p.11 Corsicana Daily Sun 26 December 1957

External links

Floyd Simmons at the Internet Movie Database
Floyd Simmons Obituary http://masterstrack.com/2008/04/2528/

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Persondata
Name	Simmons, Floyd
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	April 10, 1923
Place of birth
Date of death	April 1, 2008
Place of death

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