"sweater company ""Jantzen"". In 1922, Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100 m in less than a minute, using a six kicks per cycle Australian crawl. Johnny Weissmuller started the golden age of swimming, winning five Olympic medals and 36 national championships and never losing a race in his ten-year career, until he retired from swimming and started his second career starring as Tarzan in film. His record of 51 seconds in freestyle stood for over 17 years. In the same year, Sybil Bauer was the first woman to break a men's world record over the 440"
"their routines. Terry-Thomas joked that he was sick of hearing Ronalde's whistling, and attempted impersonations. Ronnie Ronalde Ronald Charles Waldron (29 June 1923 – 13 January 2015), known professionally as Ronnie Ronalde, was a British music hall singer and siffleur. Ronalde was famous for his voice, whistling, yodelling, imitations of bird song and stage personality. His crystal clear yodelling gained him acceptance with connoisseurs of Alpine and Western music around the world. Ronalde grew up in a poor but supportive Islington home, and found a talent for singing, whistling and bird impressions from early childhood. In these formative years, he"
"Ronnie Ronalde Ronald Charles Waldron (29 June 1923 – 13 January 2015), known professionally as Ronnie Ronalde, was a British music hall singer and siffleur. Ronalde was famous for his voice, whistling, yodelling, imitations of bird song and stage personality. His crystal clear yodelling gained him acceptance with connoisseurs of Alpine and Western music around the world. Ronalde grew up in a poor but supportive Islington home, and found a talent for singing, whistling and bird impressions from early childhood. In these formative years, he entertained informally for pocket money, or with church and school choirs, developing his talents for"
"Swimmer"" in 1968. Warren Kealoha Warren Daniels Kealoha (March 3, 1903 – September 8, 1972) was an American competition swimmer who was twice an Olympic gold medalist and a world record-holder. Kealoha won the 100-meter backstroke event at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. During his career, Kealoha set four world records, first at the 1920 Olympics and last in Honolulu in 1926, which was beaten the next day by Walter Laufer. He was not related to Olympic swimming champion Pua Kealoha. After retiring from swimming, Kealoha became a rancher. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame"
"Swimming Hall of Fame. In 1995, he unsuccessfully ran for the House of Councillors. Yamanaka's coach used pebbles to communicate with him during the training sessions – whenever Yamanaka would relax the coach would throw a pebble in his back. After the training Yamanaka had to collect the pebbles from the pool bottom. Yamanaka died from pneumonia on 10 February 2017 in Tokyo, at the age of 78. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Yamanaka studied in college at the University of Southern California, where he broke the 200 m world record three times within two months in 1961. He set two more records"
"Gustave Brickner Gustave ""Gus"" Brickner was a famous swimmer hailing from Charleroi, Pennsylvania in the United States. He was famous for extreme swimming feats. Living in an era before the internet and instant worldwide media, his name was well known in swimming circles. Many non-competitive swimmers also knew him by his well-earned nickname, ""The Human Polar Bear"". Brickner attempted to swim the English Channel twice. In his era, this was the swimmers' version of Charles Lindbergh's flight to Paris. This had previously been accomplished, but was (and still is) a feat with a low percentage chance of success. The cold"
"interred at Green Acres Memorial Park in Scottsdale. <br> <br> Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), commonly known by his stage name Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and movie actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming event, which launched his career onto the silver screen. He starred in a number of popular films in the 1930s and 1940s. He also played the title role in the serials ""Tarzan the Fearless"", ""Flash Gordon"", and ""Buck Rogers"". Crabbe is the only actor to have played Tarzan,"
"at Darlington Railway Station by a crowd of 20,000 people, whilst a band played ""Hail the Conquering Hero"". No other British swimmer succeeded in winning an Olympic medal until the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, when Bobby McGregor won the silver. In the two-year period following the 1912 Olympics, Hatfield won ten English Championships and broke five world records with the then-revolutionary Trudgen crawl (a variety of front crawl). The outbreak of World War I meant that all championships were suspended for seven years, including the 1916 Olympics. Hatfield became a gunner in the Royal Artillery and spent four years in"
"Wade Crane Wade Arlyn Crane (February 20, 1944 – December 26, 2010) was an American professional pool player, nicknamed ""Boom-Boom"" because of the cannonball sound that emanated from his powerful break. Crane also played under the alias of ""Billy Johnson."" A former World 8-Ball and 9-Ball champion, Crane was a dominant player in the 1980s. He was voted by his peers to have the best 9-ball break in history. He was no relation to Irving Crane, another great American pool player. Wade Arlyn Crane grew up in Robbinsville, a small town with a population of 700 located in the westernmost"
"a second attack of paralysis proved fatal. There are several likenesses of Incledon: Charles Incledon Charles Benjamin Incledon (pronounced 'Ingledon') (1763–11 February 1826, Worcester) was a Cornish tenor singer, who became one of the foremost English singers of his time, especially in the singing of English theatre music and ballads in which he was considered without rival. Charles Benjamin Incledon, the son of a doctor in St Keverne, Cornwall, was educated at Blundell's School and as a choirboy and soloist at Exeter Cathedral, under the tuition of organist and composer William Jackson. Before his voice broke, he was accustomed to"
"in Sydney on 11 September 2016, aged 88. Norman May Norman ""Nugget"" Alfred Vale May (14 February 1928 – 11 September 2016) was an Australian radio and television sports broadcaster famous in Australia for calling ""GOLD, GOLD for Australia, GOLD"" during the men's 4 × 100 metres medley final in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. May was born in Melbourne on 14 February 1928. His family moved to Sydney when he was three and he was raised in Coogee, a southern suburb of Sydney. Despite losing an eye in an accident at the age of six, he was considered talented"
"of the game. On the other hand, Williams was temperamental, high-strung, and at times tactless. In his biography, Ronald Reis relates how Williams committed two fielding miscues in a doubleheader in 1950 and was roundly booed by Boston fans. He bowed three times to various sections of Fenway Park and made an obscene gesture. When he came to bat he spit in the direction of fans near the dugout. The incident caused an avalanche of negative media reaction, and inspired sportswriter Austen Lake's famous comment that when Williams name was announced the sound was like ""autumn wind moaning through an"
"Elmo Tanner William Elmo Tanner, known as Elmo Tanner (August 8, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was an American whistler, singer, bandleader and disc jockey, best known for his whistling on the chart-topping song “Heartaches” with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Tanner and Weems recorded the song for two different record companies within a period of five years. Neither recording was successful originally. The song became a hit for both record companies after a Charlotte, North Carolina disk jockey played it at random in 1947. Tanner was originally hired by Weems as a vocalist; the bandleader discovered Tanner's whistling ability while"
"An avid reader, he was an active member, supporter and leader of the Caxton Club of Chicago. He also chaired the capital campaign for Miami University's Library. His first marriage was to Julia N. Neavolls. They had two daughters and a son before the marriage ended in divorce. He later married Lorna Filippini. Bill Mulliken William Danforth Mulliken (August 27, 1939 – July 17, 2014) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. Mulliken represented the United States at the 1959 Pan American Games, where he won the 200-meter breaststroke, his signature event. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome,"
"would win. He was used by the regime as evidence for their superitority. Thomas Thould Thomas Henry Thould (11 January 1886 – 15 June 1971) was an English water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain. Thomas played a paramount role in the 1920 final. He was part of the British team, which won the gold medal. He was an avid conspiracy theorist claiming his competency in water polo was because he was kidnapped by aliens as a child. During WWII he moved to Nazi Germany. This was because he also claimed that the same"
"Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), commonly known by his stage name Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and movie actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming event, which launched his career onto the silver screen. He starred in a number of popular films in the 1930s and 1940s. He also played the title role in the serials ""Tarzan the Fearless"", ""Flash Gordon"", and ""Buck Rogers"". Crabbe is the only actor to have played Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers – the top three syndicated"
"Ulysses ""Slow Kid"" Thompson Ulysses ""Slow Kid"" Thompson (August 28, 1888 – March 17, 1990) was a comedian, singer, tap and acrobatic dancer whose nickname was inspired by his ability to perform a comical, and incredibly slow, dance routine. His career included work in circus, medicine, minstrel, vaudeville, and Broadway. Ulysses was born in Prescott, Arkansas, to George Washington Thompson, and Hanna Pandora Driver. His mother died of typhus when Ulysses was seven years old, and he ran away from home at age fourteen. Initially, he worked in positions of traditional labor, but he obtained the early skills of an"
"Norman May Norman ""Nugget"" Alfred Vale May (14 February 1928 – 11 September 2016) was an Australian radio and television sports broadcaster famous in Australia for calling ""GOLD, GOLD for Australia, GOLD"" during the men's 4 × 100 metres medley final in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. May was born in Melbourne on 14 February 1928. His family moved to Sydney when he was three and he was raised in Coogee, a southern suburb of Sydney. Despite losing an eye in an accident at the age of six, he was considered talented at cricket, rugby league and surfing. May got"
"Fred Lowery. Elmo Tanner William Elmo Tanner, known as Elmo Tanner (August 8, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was an American whistler, singer, bandleader and disc jockey, best known for his whistling on the chart-topping song “Heartaches” with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Tanner and Weems recorded the song for two different record companies within a period of five years. Neither recording was successful originally. The song became a hit for both record companies after a Charlotte, North Carolina disk jockey played it at random in 1947. Tanner was originally hired by Weems as a vocalist; the bandleader discovered Tanner's whistling"
"of ""Ee-Yah"", and other whoops, whistles, horns, gyrations, jigs, and grass-plucking. The ""Ee-Yah"" whoop became his trademark and was accompanied with waves of both arms over his head and a sharp raising of his right knee. In 1907, he was suspended for taunting opponents with a tin whistle. The ""Ee-Yah"" shouts continued and became such a trademark that Jennings became known as Hughie ""Ee-Yah"" Jennings, and Detroit fans would shout ""Eee-Yah"" when Jennings would appear on the field. (See also Jack Smile, ""Ee-yah: The Life and Times of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall of Famer"") Behind the antics was a great"
"inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an ""Honor Swimmer"" in 1976. Robie died at the age of 66 on November 29, 2011. <br> <br> Carl Robie Carl Joseph Robie III (May 12, 1945 – November 29, 2011) was an American swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Robie received a silver medal for his second-place finish in the men's 200-meter butterfly. Four years later at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a gold medal for winning the men's 200-meter butterfly. Robie broke the world record in"
"Le Pétomane Le Pétomane (, ) was the stage name of the French flatulist (professional farter) and entertainer Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – 1945). He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will. His stage name combines the French verb ""péter"", ""to fart"" with the -""mane"", ""-maniac"" suffix, which translates to ""fartomaniac"". The profession is also referred to as ""flatulist"", ""farteur"", or ""fartiste"". It is a common misconception that Joseph Pujol actually passed intestinal gas as part of his stage performance. Rather, Pujol was able to ""inhale"" or move"
"Luther Lassiter Luther Lassiter (November 5, 1918 – October 25, 1988), born Luther Clement Lassiter, Jr. and nicknamed Wimpy, was a world-renowned American pool player from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The winner of six world championships and numerous other titles, Lassiter is most well known for his wizardry in the game of nine-ball at which he is widely considered one of the greatest players in history, if not the greatest. He was inducted into the Billiards Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 1983. That same year, he was also inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. He"
"1959, after retiring from the sport, she opened the Ann Curtis Swim Club and School of Swimming with her husband. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1966, and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. Curtis died at her home in San Rafael, California on June 26, 2012; she was 86 years old. Ann Curtis Ann Curtis Cuneo (March 6, 1926 – June 26, 2012), née Ann Elisabeth Curtis, was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic champion. Curtis was born in San Francisco, California, and began swimming at the age of 9"
"Alec Hurley Alexander Hurley (24 March 1871 – 6 December 1913) was an English music hall singer who was perhaps best known for being Marie Lloyd's second husband. Born in London, Hurley began a boxing career during which he wrote a short song entitled ""The Strongest Man In The World"" which he would perform after his fights. Singing appealed to him and he began performing the song in various music halls in London. He based his act on life as a costermonger and became known to his audiences as a ""coster"" singer, similar to that of Gus Elen and Albert"
"it was translated to French by T Stowers and Kester Lovelace and appears in 'French Collection' by Tony Stowers and 'Plays: Volume Three' by Tony Stowers. Le Pétomane Le Pétomane (, ) was the stage name of the French flatulist (professional farter) and entertainer Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – 1945). He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will. His stage name combines the French verb ""péter"", ""to fart"" with the -""mane"", ""-maniac"" suffix, which translates to ""fartomaniac"". The profession is also referred to as ""flatulist"", ""farteur"", or ""fartiste""."
"whistles, horns, gyrations, jigs, and grass-plucking. The ""Ee-Yah"" whoop became his trademark and was accompanied with waves of both arms over his head and a sharp raising of his right knee. In 1907, he was suspended for taunting opponents with a tin whistle. The ""Ee-Yah"" shouts continued and became such a trademark that Jennings became known as Hughie ""Ee-Yah"" Jennings, and Detroit fans would shout ""Ee-Yah"" when Jennings would appear on the field. (See also Jack Smile, ""Ee-yah: The Life And Times Of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall Of Famer"") Behind the antics was a great coaching mind. Connie Mack called"
"from Berlin"" by David John, published by HarperCollins. Eleanor Holm Eleanor G. Holm (December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. She is best known for having been expelled from the 1936 Summer Olympics team after she was found severely intoxicated after attending a cocktail party on the transatlantic ship taking the team to Germany. She went on to have a high-profile celebrity career as a socialite and interior designer, and co-starred in a Hollywood Tarzan movie --- ""Tarzan's Revenge"". She appeared in that film with Glenn Morris, another Olympian. Holm was"
"She became a media sensation at the 1952 Olympics when the good looks of the ""copper-haired American swimmer"" attracted the attention of newspaper and magazine photographers. She later worked for Pacific Southwest Airlines and served as athletic director of the Metropolitan Club. She married Jack K. Dooling, a San Francisco attorney, and had two boys with him, John and Matthew. She died in San Francisco aged 79. Delia Meulenkamp Deliana Meulenkamp (July 3, 1933 – March 13, 2013), also known by her married name Delia Dooling, was a Dutch-born American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1952"
"at the age of 77. One of the pools within the Moana Pool complex was renamed the Duncan Laing Pool in November 2010 in his honour. Duncan Laing Andrew James Duncan Laing CNZM OBE (20 June 1933 – 13 September 2008), generally known as Duncan Laing, was a New Zealand swimming coach based in Dunedin. He coached Olympian Danyon Loader, winner of two gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and a silver medal at Barcelona in 1992, and Philip Rush, current world record holder for the fastest two and three way swim of the English Channel. He began teaching"
"Sports Hall of Fame. He is also honored as the namesake of Gill Coliseum, opened in 1949, venue for basketball, wrestling, and gymnastics at OSU. Born in Salem, Oregon, Gill was the youngest of eight children and his father died when he was a child. His nickname ""Slats"" was given to him at age 12; he was swimming in a local pond one summer afternoon and upon exiting the pond, a buddy joked with Gill about his scrawny frame with his ribs protruding, which he said looked like slats in a picket fence. Gill was from then on known as"
"Fred Dyer Fred Dyer born Frederick William O'Dwyer (29 April 1888 – date of death unknown), was a Welsh boxing champion, boxing manager and baritone singer. Trained by vocal teacher Clara Novello Davies, Dyer was famed for singing to audiences after he had fought in a contest and was nicknamed 'The Singing Boxer'. In 1913 Dyer was briefly Wales welterweight champion when he beat Jack Delaney, who won the belt back just six weeks later. During his professional career Dyer took two overseas tours, to Australia from 1914 to 1915 and the United States from 1916 to 1919. Due to"
"expense of his arms. He also cited Thorpe's ability to manage his workload and his day-to-day recovery between races during a meet as a deficiency. Thorpe was known for using his trademark six-beat kick to power away from his rivals in the closing stages of races, the effectiveness of which was attributed to his unusually large size 17 feet. Following his retirement, head coach of the US men's swimming team Bob Bowman—who also mentors Michael Phelps—called Thorpe ""the greatest middle-distance swimmer of all time and...the greatest relay swimmer I have seen"". Bowman further cited Thorpe's ability to raise the profile"