Inducted in 1978. Mike Stamm set one world record and five American records in the backstroke. Named to the High School All-America Team while competing for Crawford High, he went on to set numerous Big 10 and NCAA records at Indiana University and won one gold and two silver medals […]
diving and swimming
Florence Chadwick
Florence Chambers
Inducted in 1970. Florence Chambers Newkirk was one of San Diego’s first champion swimmers, finishing fourth in the 100 meter freestyle at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris when she was just sixteen years old. She began swimming in 1917 because of a back injury she suffered when she was […]