A century ago, before he became the most famous cinematic Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller was the world’s greatest swimmer. Provided the 20-year-old could meet expectations at the 1924 Paris Olympics, ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1924, a 20-year-old Chicagoan fibbed his way into the Olympics and won three gold medals at the swimming competition in Paris. Johnny Weissmuller said he ...
A new book looks at how swimmers from Chicago, Hawaii and Japan helped usher in a new Olympic era a century ago in Paris Competition took center stage in the men’s 100m freestyle final at the 1924 ...
We are talking Race of the Century, and it happened in Indiana. Not cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, sprinters on IUPUI’s track, swimmers at the Natatorium, or harness racing featuring Dan ...
MAMBO pays tribute to the late Johnny Weissmuller in this pool bottom mural in Paris. Known best in popular culture for his role in Tarzan, Weissmuller speed to sporting glory in the 1920s when he ...
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