Floyd Simmons
Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Simmons was the son of a builder and former football coach of Davidson College.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.[3]In addition to competing in sports Simmons was contracted to Universal Pictures alongside Rock Hudson and John Gavin.Simmons guest starred in many television shows and appeared in over a dozen films most memorably in South Pacific (1958).
Floyd Simmons (American football)Charlotte, North CarolinaathleticsUnited StatesOlympic Games1948 LondonDecathlon1952 HelsinkiathleteDavidson CollegeCentral High School10th Mountain Division1948 Summer OlympicsLondonEngland1952 Summer OlympicsHelsinkiFinlandUniversal PicturesRock HudsonJohn GavinSouth PacificCat on a Hot Tin RoofAllan QuatermainWatusiJoshua LoganMasters athletics1948 United States Olympic trials (track and field)Dick AultHerb BartenDave BolenCliff BourlandBob ChambersRoy CochranErnest CrosbieJohn DeniHarrison DillardCraig DixonClem EischenBarney EwellDon GehrmannHerman GoffbergGeorge GuidaArt HarndenJohnny KelleyJeff KirkHenry LaskauOllie ManninenBob McMillenEddie O'TooleWhitey OvertonMel PattonBill PorterClarence RobisonBrowning RossClyde ScottFred SharagaRoland SinkCurt StoneJerry ThompsonTed VogelErnest WeberAdolf WeinackerMal WhitfieldFred WiltLorenzo WrightBill AlbansBob BeckusBob BennettMartin BilesBill BurtonJim DelaneyHerb DouglasHenry DreyerDwight EddlemanSamuel FeltonVic FrankJim FuchsFortune GordienErkki KoutonenBob LikinsBob MathiasVern McGrewIrving MondscheinBoo MorcomBob RichardsSteve SeymourGuinn SmithGeorge StanichWillie SteeleWilbur ThompsonMae FaggsNell JacksonTheresa ManuelAudrey PattersonBernice RobinsonMabel WalkerJean WalravenLillian YoungAlice CoachmanDorothy DodsonFrances KaszubskiEmma ReedDean CromwellWard HaylettBill AshenfelterHorace AshenfelterThane BakerArt BarnardJohn BarnesRoland BlackmonArt BraggCharlie CapozzoliGene ColeTed CorbittJack DavisWarren DruetzlerVictor DyrgallJames GathersTom JonesPrice KingOllie MatsonJavier MontezCharles MooreReggie PearmanLindy Remigino