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Despite the unbelievable stress, Fingleton saw swimming as a path to a happier life. He says he thought that success at swimming could perhaps win his father’s affection and provide a path away from the wharves...
...Swimming was something you had to do,” Fingleton recalls. “It was my ticket...
...offered a spot on the Australian Olympic team, but chose instead to accept a full scholarship to attend Harvard. The scene in which the young Tony makes that fateful decision on film is fraught with dramatic tension, but the real-life Fingleton only recalls the choice with excitement...
...Harvard] was just so great, and I just embraced it so, and the Americans embraced me. People really took us [foreign students] in. People asked us home to Thanksgivings,” Fingleton says, shaking his head as if he is still surprised at such a show of open hospitality...
...Fingleton adapted to Harvard like most freshmen. He was terrified of the Radcliffe girls—“they scared the bejeezes out of me,” he chuckles—and he gagged over Expos. Indeed, he still shudders at the memory of his preceptor...