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I knew Jon Cole personally when I was in school. I graduated from Arizona State University with him in 1969. I had several classes with him and he used to come by wrestling practice after classes to work out with us on the wrestling team.

He was world-class powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter and all-around strongman. He also held the shot put and discus throwing records at ASU in the mid-60's. He was a versatile athlete, holding the distinction of being the only person in the world to win two AAU national titles is two sports, powerlifting and track and field.

He ran the 100 yard dash at an ASU track meet in 1969 at 258 lbs., in 9.9 seconds He threw a javelin 281 ft. in an AAU track meet in 1968, the discus 231 ft. and the shot put over 71 ft. at an AAU meet in 1972. He was documented and verified to have thrown a baseball 435 ft and placed kicked a football 68 yards in 1967 at ASU.

I lost track of Jon after school when I went into the Air Force. I heard from some school classmates that he passed away in 2013. He was the best all-around athlete in individual sports there was in the 1960s and 70s.