Boston had shown great athletic ability by impressing in the long jump, triple jump and hurdles. He had wanted to pursue a career in American football but his mother urged him to focus on the long jump and Boston is glad she did. "Late one night about 10 o'clock in the evening, he was trying to do some exercising in the room. And I wanted to go to sleep, and so I said to him, 'Sharpe, what are you doing?' His name was Bill Sharpe. The Tokyo Olympics offers two possible options for votes, withHannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre And four years later Boston won bronze as he finished third in Mexico City, as his friend Bob Beamon smashed the world record in one of the most memorable moments in Olympics history.