Norman Ross
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Ross broadcasting for WGN Radio, Chicago.
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| Full name | Norman DeMille Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "The Big Moose" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States |
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| Born | May 2, 1895 Portland, Oregon |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Evanston, Illinois |
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| 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.
In later years he was a popular Chicago radio personality known to listeners as "Uncle Normie."[1] His son, Norman A Ross Jr. (1922–2008), was a well-known radio and television host, corporate executive and civic leader in Chicago.[2][3][4][5]
See also
- 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
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
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- Norman Ross – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Norman Ross (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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| Preceded by | Men's 200-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) November 24, 1916 – April 10, 1920 |
Succeeded by Tedford H. Cann |
| Preceded by | Men's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) October 9, 1919 – April 9, 1922 |
Succeeded by Arne Borg |
| Preceded by | Men's 800-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) January 10, 1920 – January 13, 1923 |
Succeeded by Boy Charlton |
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- ↑ 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
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- American male freestyle swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
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- Northwestern University School of Law alumni
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
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