AWARDS & HONORS
| 1946: Lettered in Football |
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Lettered in Track |
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1947: Lettered in Football |
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Lettered in Track |
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Various Meet Records |
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Tulare County Discus Champion |
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1948: All-League honors, high school football |
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San Joaquin Valley Champions, high school football |
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Lettered in Football |
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Lettered in Track |
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Captain Tulare Union High School track team |
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Various Meet Records |
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Tulare County Discus Champion |
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San Joaquin Valley Discus Champion, |
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Pacific Coast High School record |
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Pacific Coast Champion & Unofficial World Interscholastic Record |
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Western AAU title |
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Olympic Trials Qualifier |
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Junior Rose Bowl/National Junior Collegiate Champions, Compton football |
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1949: National Junior Collegiate Discus record |
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Mexican National Discus record |
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1950: Ranked #3 for Discus squad for Track & Field News’ All-College Team |
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Lettered in Track |
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NCAA Champions, track |
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1952: Various Meet Records |
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American Record |
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American College Record, 2 consecutive occasions |
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National Collegiate Record, 2 consecutive occasions |
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USC school record |
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NCAA Champions, track |
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NCAA Discus Champion |
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Olympic Trials Champion |
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XV Olympiad Discus Champion |
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Olympic Record |
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AAU’s All-College Track & Field Team |
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Received key to the city of Tulare, CA |
| Honorary Life Member of Tulare Chamber of Commerce |
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1953: Co-Captain USC track team |
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Various Meet Records |
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American Record |
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National Collegiate Record |
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World Record |
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NCAA Champions, track |
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NCAA Discus Champion |
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AAU’s 1952 Men’s All-America Track and Field Team |
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AAU’s All-College Track & Field Team |
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1954: Sports Illustrated’s All-Time U.S. Olympians |
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Sports Illustrated’s All-Time Olympic Track & Field Squad |
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All-Time U.S. Olympic Team Hall of Fame |
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1955: Occidental Record |
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Ranked #2, U.S. Best Performers List |
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1960: Squaw Valley Winter Olympics torch bearer |
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1966: Northern California Track and Field Hall of Fame |
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1980s: Inducted into Tulare Union High School Redskin Hall of Fame |
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1994: Sim Iness Collection dedicated at Tulare City Historical Museum |
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1995: Sim Iness Gymnasium dedicated, Tulare Union High School |
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Reconstructed 1960 Winter Olympic Cauldron placed at Bob Mathias Stadium on |
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the campus of Tulare Union High School to honor Bob Mathias and Sim Iness |
| Recipient of USC Track & Field Heritage Award |
| Inducted into World Thrower's Congress Hall of Fame |
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1996: Received key to the city of Tulare, CA |
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1998: Olympic mural dedicated in Tulare, CA to Bob Mathias and Sim Iness |
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2005: Inducted into USC Athletic Hall of Fame |
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2008: New ‘Olympic Gold’ mural dedicated in Tulare, CA to Sim Iness and Bob Mathias |
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