Bob Wieland
Quarterback of Life® and Vietnam War Hero, Bob “Mr. Inspiration” Wieland, took it to the road again, coast-to-coast across America! Why, “Because it’s too soon to quit,” says Bob.
Beating the Odds Foundation celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a Beating the Odds Rally. Approximately, 5,000 fourth through seventh-grade students and their teachers of Blair and Cambria Counties were in attendance.
Students from Brownsville Area School District attended a special presentation at Heinz Field.
At the Vietnam Memorial, Washington DC, students heard Bob “Mr. Inspiration” Wieland speak of his 20 year anniversary of his Walk Across America.
Penn State Alumni Adam Taliaferro, and Vietnam War Hero Bob Wieland participated in a special tribute to freedom at Beaver Stadium, during the Penn State vs. Cincinnati football game, September 10, 2005, on the four-year eve of 911.
The Beating the Odds Foundation held a Beating The Odds Rally at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA, on May 10, 2005.
A Beating the Odds / Symbol of Freedom journey across Pennsylvania with Vietnam War Hero Bob Wieland.
The Beating the Odds message was shared with hundreds of thousands of people each Sunday in NFL cities across America as Vietnam War Hero Bob Wieland pedaled his arm pedaled bicycle from Philadelphia, PA to Los Angeles, CA and down to Jacksonville, Florida, covering 6200 miles.