Billy Mills Autographed Card - Olympic 10K Gold - Running Past Signature Series

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Billy Mills Autographed Card - Running Past Signature Series
This is a large 5"x 7" card signed by Billy Mills, the 1964 Tokyo Olympics 10,000m Gold Medalist.
Produced by Running Past, LLC in partnership with Billy Mills, this card is #3 in their Signature Series featuring groundbreaking athletes of track & field. Billy autographed this card at his home in California during the second week of July 2021.
The back of the card contains biographical information about Billy and a description of his gold medal victory. The portrait of Billy was drawn by Boston and NYC Marathon artist Andrew Yelenak.
The card is printed on heavy stock and comes in a rigid plastic protective holder. Billy's signature may vary slightly from the image pictured above.
Billy's Moment of Victory
At the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Billy Mills was virtually unknown.
As the field toed the line for the start of the 10K final, Murray Halberg, Pyotr Bolotnikov and Ron Clarke were the favorites. Four current or future Olympic Gold Medalists and world record holders were in this race.
It was Billy Mills, shattering his personal best by 46 seconds, who created the most electrifying finish in Olympic history. After being shoved out into lane four by Ron Clarke on the final lap, he found the speed to recover from a 10 yard deficit in the home stretch and sprint his way into the record books as the only American athlete ever to win the 10,000 meter gold medal.
Running Past Signature Series Cards
RunningPast.com is developing a series of autographed cards. The first was of world record holder Henry Rono, available here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/143924556497
Card #2 is of Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Bobbi's cards are currently being autographed. More cards will be released in the future.