“But I have to admit, I’ve seen all those ‘Rambo’ movies. “I’m the real John Rambo,” Rambo said with a laugh during a 2009 interview with then Press-Telegram sportswriter and columnist Doug Krikorian. ![]() “Being a Rambo really meant something (at Poly High School),” said Nedan Rambo, Rambo’s great-nephew, who also attended and graduated from Poly High School. He always loved playing sports but during his sophomore year at Long Beach Poly High School, he had a 12-inch growth spurt in 14 months. Rambo’s love affair with Long Beach began when his family moved to the area when he was 8 years old from Rambo Settlement, Texas. Rambo’s legacy in Long Beach high school and college sports (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer)įor decades earlier, he was a servant leader. Joysteen Toliver addresses the crowd at the celebration of life for John Barnett Rambo at the Cornerstone Church in Long Beach, CA, on Saturday, January 29, 2022. “He earned a gold medal in Long Beach,” said Joysteen Toliver in reference to her first-cousin John Rambo’s community impact. ![]() ![]() However, those who knew and loved him said his most important accomplishment was his local legacy and impact in Long Beach, specifically via youth sports, which they said was beyond measure. In 1996, Rambo was again honored when he carried the Olympic torch down Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach on its tour through the city before the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Gold medallist Valeriy Brumel of the Soviet Union ( centre ) silver medallist John Thomas (L) and third placed bronze medallist John Rambo congratulate each other during the medal presentation ceremony for the Men’s High Jump competition on 21 October 1964 during the XVIII Summer Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
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