Bob Richards Autographs
Robert Eugene Richards (February 20, 1926 – February 26, 2023) was an American athlete, minister, and politician. He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. He won gold medals in pole vault in both 1952 and 1956, becoming the first male two-time champion in the event in Olympic history (a feat only equalled in 2024 by Armand Duplantis).
While still an active athlete, Richards became an ordained minister. He ran for President of the United States in 1984 on the Populist Party ticket.
Richards was the second man to pole vault 15 ft (4.57 m). While a student at the University of Illinois, Richards tied for the national collegiate pole vault title and followed that with 20 national Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) titles, including 17 in the pole vault and three in the decathlon. The first man to clear 15 feet was Dutch Warmerdam, who set the world record of 4.77 m (15 ft 7+3⁄4 in) in 1942, long before Richards came into his prime. While Richards was the dominant vaulter of his time, he never set a world record.
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Traded items with a signature of Bob Richards
The most expensive item with a signature of Bob Richards ("The Heart of a Champion" by Bob Richards Autographed Olympic Rare Vintage) was sold in December 2025 for $178.00 while the cheapest item (BOB RICHARDS VINTAGE SIGNED CARD OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST) found a new owner for $1.04 in June 2011. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2008 with an average selling price of $11.95 for an autographed item of Bob Richards. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2013 with $39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.04 was June 2011. In average, an autographed item from Bob Richards is worth $9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bob Richards were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1948/1952/1956 OLYMPICS -BOB RICHARDS-Vintage Signed/Autograph Track & Field Cut | $9.99 |  |
| BOB RICHARDS - Personally Signed Olympics Centennial Cachet | $9.95 | |
| BOB RICHARDS - Personally Signed Olympics Centennial Cachet | $9.95 | |
| BOB RICHARDS - SIGNED OLYMPIC POLE VAULTING CACHET | $9.95 | |
| BOB RICHARDS - Signed Olympics Pole Vaulting Cachet | $7.95 | |
| Bob Richards - Signed Olympics Pole Vaulting Cachet | $7.95 | |
| Bob Richards American athlete who made three U.S. Olympic Teams Hand Signed Card | $2.76 | |
| Bob Richards Autographed Signed 1991 Impel U.S. Olympics Card #14 | $15.00 | |
| Bob Richards Bull's Eye Autograph Signed Cachet FDC Envelope First Day Cover | $6.59 | |
| Bob Richards Gold 1952 Summer Olympics Signed 3X5 Index Card Authentic Auto M7 | $39.99 | |
| Bob Richards is an American athlete who made three U.S. Olympic Team Hand Signed | $7.49 | |
| Bob Richards Olympic Great Autograph Signed Bull's Eye Cachet FDC Envelope | $6.95 | |
| Bob Richards Signed 8x10 photograph 1952 & 1956 Pole Vault Gold Medal | $19.95 | |
| Bob Richards signed olympic card | $20.00 | |
| Bob Richards signed US Olympic Hall of Fame trading card | $7.00 | |
