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    Which person in history has an Olympic medal, written a best-seller, and run for US president?

    Question #5015. Asked by Woody. (Aug 09 00 1:55 PM)


    fjf

    		Dr. Spock

    http://who2.com/ask/benjaminspock.html

    http://www.drspock.com/about/drbenjaminspock/0,1781,,00.html

    [Links added -- Zb]

    Aug 09 00, 4:54 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998)

    As member of the American eight crew, he won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, rowing an all-Yale eight, along with James Stillman Rockefeller, with whom he shared a Scroll and Key membership.

    Spock's baby book was a perennial bestseller. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it outsold all other books in the Nonfiction category except the Bible. The royalties made him a wealthy man.

    Spock was the People's Party candidate in the 1972 United States presidential election.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock

    Apr 07 08, 12:28 PM

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