In 1922 this future movie Tarzan became the first to swim the 100-meter freestyle in under 60 seconds
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Johnny Weissmuller - Wikipedia  Johnny Weissmuller was a Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor best ... Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the .... He was the first man to swim the 100-meter freestyle under one minute and ... The movie was a huge success and Weissmuller became an overnight...
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This Day in History on July 9 - History and Headlines  A Brief History On July 9, 1922, Johnny Weissmuller became the first man to break 60 seconds in the 100 meter freestyle swim, ... Weissmuller rode his fame as a swimmer to become the Tarzan of the movies that we think of as the ... History: July 9, 1903: Future Leaders of a Country that Went to Jail (Stalin Exiled to Siberia).
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July History In Pop Culture  2002 - Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo around the world (Australia to Australia ) nonstop in a balloon in just under two weeks. 2005 - The Live .... 1922 - Future film 'Tarzan' star Johnny Weissmuller swam the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds, breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
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Jeopary Questions page 1525 - THE POLITICS OF BEFORE ...  WORLD HERSTORY: On June 16, 1963 she became the first person to ... LEGENDS OF SPORT: In 1922 this future movie Tarzan became the first to swim the 100-meter freestyle in under 60 seconds ... LEGENDS OF SPORT: Older than his classmates, Cornell football player & future coach Glenn Warner got this nickname.
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1924 Paris Olympics Duke Kahanamoku & Johnny Weissmuller ...  1924 Olympics - Johnny Weissmuller 100m, 400m, 4x200- Gold ..... Olympic swimmer and Tarzan film star Johnny Weissmuller won five gold medals in swimming. .... He was a US Olympic gold medalist swimmer, who later became an actor best known ...... The first female to swim 100-meter backstroke in under 60 seconds.
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Team History.qxp - USA Swimming  SWIM 4. Pool Roster. MEN. Name. Age. Hometown/Team(s). Event(s). Randall Bal. 24 ..... Sports Played Before Swimming: soccer, baseball, tennis ... the event under 51 seconds  holds the world records in the 100m free, 50m fly and 100m fly ...... 24.87. Amy Van Dyken. USA. Atlanta. 7/26/1996. 24.89. Malia Metella. FRA.
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Johnny Weissmuller Facts - Biography - YourDictionary  His new record was 6.8 seconds faster than the old one. ... He also broke the 5-minute barrier in the 440-yard freestyle swim. ... in the 1924 Olympics in Paris, and won gold medals in the 100-and 400-meter ... This time wasn't beaten until 1944. ... They also wrote, "For generations who saw Weissmuller swinging from vines...
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Janet Evans Shatters World Record - Articles From The latimes - Los ...  Jul 28, 1987 ... Janet Evans, the \o7 very \f7 little girl from Placentia who has recently ... off the nine-year-old world record in the 800-meter freestyle. ... the 400-meter freestyle Thursday and the 1500-meter freestyle Friday. ... holds two world records in the 100- and 200-meter butterfly events. ... Sports Records; Swimming.
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101 Greatest Olympic Moments: Thorpe Versus Hall: Whose Guitars ...  Aug 18, 2008 ... Prior to the Sydney 2000 Olympics the 4x100 metres freestle relay was ... whilst 'The Thorpedo' had set three world records in three days at the Australian swim trials. ... Thorpe was swimming in the 400 metres freestyle heats and final on .... The Australian men had won gold with a final time of 3.13.67, the...
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The Development of the Modern Stroke - Washington Post  By 1837, when modern competitive swimming began in London, several indoor ... This early form of the front crawl was successful in that race, but the English ... In 1895, J. H. Thayers of England, using the overarm sidestroke, swam a ... He copied the stroke from South American Indians and introduced it in England in 1873.
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Johnny Weissmuller - Wikipedia  Johnny Weissmuller was an Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor best ... His character's distinctive Tarzan yell is still often used in films. .... On July 9, 1922, Weissmuller broke Duke Kahanamoku's world record in the ... He was the first man to swim the 100-meter freestyle under one minute and the...
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From the Archives: Buster Crabbe, Athlete, Hero of Serials, Dies - LA ...  Apr 24, 1983 ... Buster Crabbe, swimming hero of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics ... Crabbe was perhaps best known as Flash Gordon, but he also starred as Tarzan, Buck Rogers ... Hawaii, where he developed into a magnificent swimmer, surfer and ... His gold medal winning time (also a world record) in the 400 meters...
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Those Were the Days, Today in History - July 9  Events - July 9 ... 1922 - Johnny Weissmuller became the first to swim the 100-meters freestyle in less ... The future Tarzan set the pace at an event in Alameda, CA. ... Bright ran the two mile event in the record time of 9 minutes, 12.2 seconds at a ... composer: Midnight on the Cliffs theme from film Julie; died Jun 27, 2008).
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50 stunning Olympic moments: No8 Eric Liddell's 400 metres win ...  Jan 4, 2012 ... But Harold Abrahams, who in 1924 won the 100m gold medal  the ... In Stoke on Trent in July 1923, in a race run over a quarter of a mile, ... after discovering in January  not, as suggested in Chariots of Fire, ... a year after the Olympics, in June 1925, when he won the 100 yards, ..... Please try again later.
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Johnny Weissmuller - Wikipedia  Johnny Weissmuller was an Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor best ... His character's distinctive Tarzan yell is still often used in films. .... Although not the first Tarzan in movies (that honor went to Elmo Lincoln), he was the ... of Johnny Duval in the 1946 film Swamp Fire, Weissmuller played only three...
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1960 in Northern Ireland - Wikipedia  1960 in Northern Ireland ... 10 December - Kenneth Branagh, actor and director. ... the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (born 1881).
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Dawn Fraser showing off her gold medal for 100-metre freestyle ...  He became the first man since 1920 to win gold medals at both the 800m and 1500m at the ..... 100 Greatest U.S. Olympians Pictures - Wilma Rudolph | Rolling Stone1956 ... Murray Rose (1939-2012), former Australian swimmer and Olympian, ..... The only athlete, male or female, to be Olympic Champion in the 100 metres...
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Johnny Weissmuller - Wikipedia  Johnny Weissmuller was an Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor best ... He and his family were living at 226 West North Avenue in Chicago. ... In 1950, he was selected by the Associated Press as the greatest swimmer of ... The author of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, was pleased with Weissmuller,...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Jul 22, 2012 ... V) This English actor began his film career in the 1930s, which included .... Despite its bulk, this wild ox found in Tibet is an excellent swimmer.
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The Father of Surfing wins another Olympic gold - Swimming ...  The Hawaii born, Duke Kahanamoku had won an Olympic gold medal for the first ... not only did he take his second 100 meters freestyle Olympic gold medal, but also ... Olympic medal in the men's 4x200m relay in Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games. ... included two more silver medals from Stockholm in 1912 and Paris in 1924.
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Cimarron: 1931 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Jul 15, 2014 ... It is listed in wikipedia as one of the highest grossing films of 1931, after the tremendously ... of Sam Houston, whom Dix played in Man of Conquest (1939) and upon whom the 1960s ... ME TARZAN $800: MGM rejected this Olympic swimmer for the role in 1931; in 1933 he played it for another film company