Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Johnny Mathis. He’s headed home. Here’s a presumably little-known fact: At San Francisco State, Mathis had become noteworthy as a high jumper, and in 1956 he was asked to try out for the U.S. Olympic Team that would travel to Melbourne, Australia, that November. Mathis had to decide whether to go …

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