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Bill Sefton

American athlete
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  • Earle Meadows clears the bar to set an Olympic record at the 1936 Games in Berlin
    Earle Meadows

    …American pole-vaulter who, tied with Bill Sefton, set the world record in 1937 of 4.54 m (14 feet 11 inches). Meadows and Sefton were nicknamed “the Heavenly Twins.”

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    …American pole-vaulter who, tied with Bill Sefton, set the world record in 1937 of 4.54 m (14 feet 11 inches). Meadows and Sefton were nicknamed “the Heavenly Twins.”

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