Thomas M. Jacobs

Thomas Michael Jacobs (August 14, 1926 – April 10, 2014) was an American Olympic Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s.

[2][3] In 1953, he became the first full-time ski coach at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he built the team into a national powerhouse and hired future U.S.

[5] He also started a direct-supply and mail-order business, incorporated as Reliable Racing Supplies in 1969, which was the first in New York to import European bicycles, and distributed the Techniski snowless ski, which he demonstrated in New York's Central Park.

[8] On January 31, 2008, Thomas Jacobs was inducted into the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.

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