Bob as a young boy, in Alsask

Adams Family (Alsask, Sask.)

Grandfather Adams was an orphan, who came to Canada at age 19

Bob Adams  & Marge Pascoe

Wedding Picture – 1952

Marge, Bob, Murray and Janice ~1958

Bob, Janice, Murray and Marge

Bob & Marge Family – Children – Grandchildrem – Great Grandchildren

Bob was Inspired by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics, He decides to pursue track & field

In the Kindersley School Unit Bob was the Aggregate Boys Champion.  He won four first place medals – 1942

1942-49 University of Saskatchewan (B.A. 1946, B.Ed 1949)

Bob Adams – U. of S.

1946 Competed in first interuniversity track and field meet; University of Alberta, University of Manitoba, University of Saskatchewan; coached by Joe Griffiths

First in discus, first in high jump; second in hammer; second in javelin, second in long jump

1949 Canadian record discus 147 feet, 7 1/4 inches

1952 Canadian record decathlon 6,772 points

Parade in Saskatoon to honour the 1952 Olympians. Bob was 19th in Decathlon.

Bob did not do hurdles for 20 years in Saskatchewan.  But then he took it up for the Decathlon.  Placed 2nd in his heat in 1952 Decathalon

1952 Olympics, Helsinki, Finland decathlon 19th, 6,049 points (best events discus, third; pole vault, sixth; high jump, eighth)

Canadian Record Holder & Provincial Record Holder in the discus – 151 feet July 6, 1954.

Provincial HJ Record – 1.86 metres Jul 17, 1954

1954 British Empire Games (Commonwealth) Games, Vancouver high jump 14th; pole vault 4th, 13 feet; team captain

Bob Adams and Prince Philip

1955 Torn knee cartilage; goes into coaching

1949-53 Bob played basketball for the Saskatoon Navy senior team

Camp Borden 1944

Member of Canadian Infantry: 1944 – 45

Competed in Army Services Track Meet

Coaching History

• Saskatoon T & F Club – Founding Member – Head Coach 1956 to 1968
• 1958 Commonwealth Games, Cardif ,Wales
• 1964 Olympic Games – Tokyo, Japan
• 1968 Southern Games – Trinidad

• 1958 Commonwealth Games Team

1958 British Empire Games: Stu Cameron, Bob Adams, Eleanor Haslam

• 1958 British Empire Games, Cardiff, Wales
• 1964 Olympics, Tokyo head coach
• 1968 Southern Games, Trinidad

• U. of S. 1942 – 1949
• B.A. 1946 – Major Sciences
• B.Ed – 1949

Bob teaching at Nutana

• Added throwing events for females in Saskatchewan high schools
• Nutana Collegiate basketball, cross-country, track and field
• Provincial boys basketball champions 1947, 1951, 1953
• Aden Bowman Collegiate basketball, cross-country, track and field
• Provincial boys basketball champions 1964
• Saskatoon Track and Field Club
• 1948 (founding member) through 1968

High School Teacher

• Nutana 1947 – 1957
• Aden Bowman 1958 – 1967

Vice Principal 1967

• Saskatoon Public School Board

SSSAD sports consultants: Left to Right

• Back row: Gil Wist, Basil Hughton, Bob Adams, Blaine Knoll, Jeff Colquhoun, Lee Reimer, Brad Smith
• Front row: Kelly Bowers, office assistant Lynn Allardyce, Brian Thorstad
• Physical Education and High School Coordinator 1967 – June 1983

Saskatoon track and field athletes coached by Adams include:

• Stu Cameron – sprinter
• Wilf Foss – high jump
• Eleanor Haslam – sprinter
• Diane Jones – long jump, pentathlon
• Joanne Jones – pentathlon
• Dale West – sprinter
• Eugene Wedel – high jump

Official:

• 1976 Olympics, Montreal
• 1978 Commonwealth Games, Edmonton
• 1994 Commonwealth Games, Victoria, B.C.
• 2001 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world championships, Edmonton

Vertical Jumps

• 1976 Olympic Games
• Commonwealth Games:
• 1989 Edmonton
• 1994 Victoria

• Pan-Am Games Winnipeg – 1999
• IAAF World Track and Field Championships Edmonton – 2001

• Level 4 – Official in Throws
• Officiated from the late 1960’s to 2018
• Officials Clinic Conductor

Other:

• Saskatoon Track and Field Club Bob Adams Trophy male athlete of the year
• Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate (SSSAD) cross-country championships Bob Adams Trophy
• Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate (SSSAD) track and field championships Bob Adams Trophy team champion
• Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) Bob Adams Trophy 3A boys provincial basketball champions
• Saskatoon high school annual indoor meet, Bob Adams Relays
• 1955 Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) president
• 1958 Saskatchewan branch, Amateur Athletic Union (A.A.U.) of Canada, president
• 1967-83 Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate (SSSAD) first sports co-ordinator, consultant
• 1971 Canada Winter Games, Saskatoon president technical advisory board
• Saskatchewan Track and Field Association, chair, president.
• Bob was also selected Saskatoon Kinsmen Sportsman of the Year for 1972.
• Bob has been inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame, the University of Saskatchewan Wall of Fame, the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
• In 2005, Bob Adams received the Bobby Robinson Award of Merit from the Canadian Commonwealth Games Association.

• Established 1983
• First Annual Awards Night 1984
• Scholarship Fund Established 1995
• Equipment Grant Program 2010
• Larry Hesterman University Scholarship 2013