Tom Waddell

1937-11-01 – 1987-07-11 (age 49) Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Dr. Tom Waddell was a gay American physician, sportsman and competitor at the 1968 Summer Olympics who founded the Gay Olympics in 1982 in San Francisco.

Known For

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989

as Self (archive footage)

Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory

2005

as Self (archive footage)