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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the spray settled around the Indoor Athletic Building last Saturday night, diver Bob Aaron of the Crimson swimmers had walked off from the 3-meter board with an all high pool point total of 110.9 points, a most significant share in his teammates scuttling of the Brown sqquad...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Mermen Top Brown, 45-30; Aaron Breaks Diving Mark | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

...ideological questions are not likely to diver it from the large view: When Southern delegates at Chicago objected to a resolution requiring interracial meetings, the most militant anti-discrimination advocates did not shout "Jim Crow...

Author: By Selig S. Harrison, | Title: Parley Delegations Reconcile Differences | 1/7/1947 | See Source »

Diving will be rearranged this year to increase interest in the event. Previously, each diver made four required dives and four voluntary dives; henceforth one of the four required dives will be pulled from a hat. This plus four voluntary dives will constitute the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 200-Yd. Record Set by McLane of Andover in Unofficial Swim Meet | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

Before he went to war, pint-sized Miller Anderson was the best twist diver in the U.S. Over Italy, 13 months ago, Captain Anderson bailed out of his P-47, smashed his left leg against the tail of the plane. He fell behind the Nazi lines, and the Germans, too busy retreating to tend to him, let his bad leg get worse. When U.S. Army doctors reached him, they screwed a three-inch silver plate in just above the knee, and patched him up so that he didn't limp. But when he got back to college last January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Off on the Right Foot | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

Handicapped by the recent loss through draft and graduation of 100-yard man Jay Gorman and diver Pete Steffens, the Crimson managed to cop first place in four of the eight events, taking the 50, 220, and 440-yard free style and the 440-yard relay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTMOUTH BALKS SWIMMERS, 47 TO 28 | 2/12/1946 | See Source »

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