Randy Matson, Texas A&M: Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame, Class of 2022

A freshman Randy Matson came home from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with a silver medal. The next spring, he launched the world’s first 68- and 69-foot shot put efforts in the same meet, then followed a week later with the first 70-footer ever seen.

Matson’s undefeated NCAA career garnered an outdoor title for the first time in his junior year of 1966, when he added the discus title in throwing meet records in both events. Matson’s final collegiate season included the world’s first 71-footer before another shot/discus sweep of NCAA crowns.