Jeff Bennett (decathlete)

[1] Bennet has said that he was inspired into entering track and field competition by watching Olympian athletes performing in the 1960 Olympic games pole vault event.

[2] After graduating from OC, Bennett accepted a teaching position in Midwest City, though he said he still wanted to compete in decathlons.

He worked full-time at athletics, then spent the rest of his duty time as a headquarters filing clerk.

Tragically, a team of heavily-armed terrorists succeeded in invading the venue, where they captured many of the Israeli competitors and their coaches on the day before the decathlon was to start.

He spent thirty years in the National Guard, while teaching and coaching in the Oklahoma City school system.