For other people with the same name, see Thomas Waddell (disambiguation).
Tom Waddell next to the original Gay Olympic Games poster, showing Olympic covered due to the lawsuit over the name
Tom Waddell (born Thomas Flubacher; November 1, 1937 – July 11, 1987) was an American physician, decathlete who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and founder of the Gay Olympics (later known as the Gay Games).
Adopted by former vaudeville acrobats, Waddell excelled in athletics and eventually attended medical school. He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and after a career-ending injury, he started a successful medical practice in San Francisco. Inspired by his experience in a gay bowling league, Waddell founded the Gay Olympics, emphasizing sportsmanship, personal achievement, and inclusiveness. He also had a daughter with lesbian athlete Sara Lewinstein. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1985, Waddell died in 1987. His life and contributions to LGBTQ history have been posthumously honored in multiple ways.
TomWaddell (born Thomas Flubacher; November 1, 1937 – July 11, 1987) was an American physician, decathlete who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics,...
brainchild of Olympic decathlete (Mexico City 1968) and medical doctor TomWaddell, Brenda Young, and others, whose goals were to promote the spirit of...
George Edward Waddell (October 13, 1876 – April 1, 1914) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-hander, he played for 13 years...
1982. They were the first Gay Games, an event officially conceived by TomWaddell, an athlete and activist, along with the help of many others. The event's...
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the 1980s. He earned five Emmy Awards, for profiles of Sid Caesar and TomWaddell, two for reporting, and for writing. In 1988 he began hosting The Sports...
twenty: Keith Haring, activist George Choy, Sylvester, Randy Shilts, and TomWaddell; all died from AIDS. Perry envisioned a Hollywood Walk of Fame but for...
2014 Stand Up Foundation, 2014 Gareth Thomas, 2014 Esera Tuaolo, 2014 TomWaddell, 2013 Johnny Weir, 2013 Homosexuality in sports List of LGBT sportspeople...
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the Federation of Gay Games. In 2010 he was named as the winner of the TomWaddell Award, the highest honor of the Federation of the Gay Games. He also...
the FGG Vice President of Programming Yann Schneider to bestow the FGG TomWaddell Award to Roger Brigham of Oakland, California USA and Emy Ritt of Paris...
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James Iredell Waddell (July 3, 1824 – March 15, 1886) was an officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy. During the American...
created the statistics of batting average and earned run average (ERA). Tom Connolly, born in Manchester, was a umpire in Major League Baseball. He officiated...
doing lip-reading of suspects for the Federal Bureau of Investigation TomWaddell – alumnus, physician and founder of Gay Games Glenn Warner – president...
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