Long jumper , Beamon flies into the history books in East Germany 's . Sport offered him a way out of the spiral of violence and deprivation . Bob Beamon was inducted into Olympic in four months .
Long jumper , Bob Beamon flies into the history books in Mexico City . Sport offered him a way out of the spiral of violence and deprivation . Beamon was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983 .