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The Legend of Reebok's 'Dan and Dave' ad campaign, as told by Dan and Dave | Sports | santafenewmexican.com
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Darren Rovell on X: "Best part of “Dan & Dave,” the $25M campaign that went bust on this day 26 years ago? Winner of Olympic decathlon that year was Robert Zmelik, who
Reebok made decathletes Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson the center of a memorable 1992 marketing campaign that backfired on the road to the Barcelona Olympics
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