Norman Ross
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American swimmer
| Ross broadcasting for WGN Radio, Chicago. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Norman DeMille Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Big Moose" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1895年05月02日)May 2, 1895 Portland, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 19, 1953(1953年06月19日) (aged 58) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Illinois Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman DeMille Ross (May 2, 1895 – June 19, 1953) was an American competition swimmer who won five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris, and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He set thirteen world records and won eighteen U.S. national championships during his career.[1]
In later years he was a popular Chicago radio personality known to listeners as "Uncle Normie."[2] His son, Norman A Ross Jr. (1922–2008), was a well-known radio and television host, corporate executive and civic leader in Chicago.[3] [4] [5] [6]
See also
[edit ]- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
- World record progression 800 metres freestyle
- ×ばつ 200 metres freestyle relay">World record progression 4 ×ばつ 200 metres freestyle relay
- Mutiny of the Matoika
References
[edit ]- ^ "Norman Ross". Olympedia. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ Ross' Death Recalls Feats as Swimmer, Chicago Daily Tribune, June 20, 1953, pg. A2
- ^ Radio, TV personality Norman Ross dies, Chicago Breaking News (Chicago Tribune), October 3, 2008
- ^ Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 3: September 1952 — August 1955, H.W. Wilson Company., New York (1956)
- ^ Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 21: September 1995 — August 1996, H.W. Wilson Company, New York (1996) OCLC 36101383
- ^ A Who's Who of Sports Champions, Their stories and records, by Ralph Hickok. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York (1995) OCLC 31815443 ISBN 0395681952 ISBN 9780395681954 ISBN 039573312X ISBN 9780395733127
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norman Ross .
- Norman Ross at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Norman Ross (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived August 16, 2019)
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| Preceded by | Men's 200-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) November 24, 1916 – April 10, 1920 |
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| Preceded by | Men's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) October 9, 1919 – April 9, 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Men's 800-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) January 10, 1920 – January 13, 1923 |
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Categories:
- 1890s births
- 1953 deaths
- American male freestyle swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers from Portland, Oregon
- Water polo players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportsmen