Boat with canoe in tow on Ucayali River. Jorge Portugal and Allan Craig folding chairs.

Head and shoulders image of Bob Adams, wearing a University of Saskatchewan Huskies T-shirt.

Bio/Historical Note: Robert (Bob) Adams was born in 1924 at Alsask, Saskatchewan and completed high school there. He enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1942. His university career was interrupted in 1944-1945 when he joined the Royal Canadian Infantry. In 1946 he represented the U of S at the first interuniversity track meet, a three-team competition. Adams won the discus and high jump, placed second in broad jump, hammer throw and javelin and accumulated 25 points, one point shy of the total for the entire University of Alberta. He became known as the U of S sports’ "one man team." As a result of his performance, a rule was introduced the following year limiting the number of events an athlete could enter. Adams earned a BA in 1946 and a BEd in 1949. Under the guidance of Joe Griffiths and Clarence Garvie, Adams competed in the decathlon in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinski, Finland, finishing 19th. He also competed at the British Empire Games in Vancouver in 1954 as captain of the Canadian track team, placing fourth in pole vault and 14th in high jump. Adams went on to coach with the Canadian track team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and served as a track official at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He coached basketball, cross-country and track & field at Nutana and Aden Bowman collegiates in Saskatoon and led his teams to four provincial high school boys’ basketball championships (Nutana 1947, 1951 and 1953; Aden Bowman 1964). As an administrator Adams was one of the charter members of the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association, was the first coordinator of physical education and high school athletics for the Saskatoon Public Board of Education and for years was a coach and executive member with the Saskatoon Track & Field Club. Adams was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1975 and into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. Adams retired to Victoria, British Columbia. When Victoria hosted the 1994 Commonwealth Games, he officiated and served on various committees. He continued to officiate at track meets in BC until 2018 when he was 93. Adams received numerous honours, including entry into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame and the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame. Bob Adams died in 2019 in Victoria at age 94.