Hobie Billingsley

Hobie Billingsley (June 23, 1927 – July 16, 2022) was an American diving champion. He was honored at the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was best known for coaching the U.S. Swim Team in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. 
Billingsley published the second edition of his "Diving Illustrated". Billingsley was one of only six diving coaches mentioned in the American Red Cross's "Swimming and Water Safety" [WSI Manual, 2004]; in the chapter on the history of the sport.
In July 2018, Billingsley was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis and hospitalized. He died from the disease on July 16, 2022 in Bloomington, Indiana at the age of 95.