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Word: springboard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...studies to compete in the sprint events, while his perpetual Alumni-meet rival, George "24-second" Scott, plans to thrash out a mighty 50 yards. Rusty Greenhood, last year's captain and League champion diver, will team with Bun Merriam, another former Crimson star, to features the strongest Alumni springboard pair in many years...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: SPORTS of the CRIMSON | 12/12/1939 | See Source »

...diving division is in the hands of Chet Sagenkahn and George Dana. Chet has cracked the 100-point mark in competition and is now tolling to make his last season his best. Dana, who scored 116 points against Yale last year, is a natural springboard artist, but so far this season has not been seen much at practice...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/7/1939 | See Source »

...refer to me as the "late Big Bill Edwards. . . ." TIME has certainly fumbled the ball. Let me say that my physical condition is pretty good and that I am able to get around with my 282 pounds and not miss much that is going on and around the springboard at my Connecticut camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1939 | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...Pretty Helen Crlenkovich, 18, of San Francisco: the national outdoor three-metre springboard diving championship; nosing out (135.89 points to 133.97 points) 16-year-old, three-time Champion Marjorie Gestring, whom she also dethroned as national indoor queen last winter; in the Birdland Pool, Des Moines, Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Aug. 7, 1939 | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

...sprints handily, Eric Cutler and Frannie Powers will prevail over any Lion men in the distances, and Rusty Greenhood should have no trouble with Jack Keating of the Blue. In fact, Keating may take third behind Crimson's Chet Sagenkahn if the latter continues his consistent work on the springboard. The Columbia relay team, capable of 3:45, may prevail over a Harvard quartet minus Stowell and Bosworth...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Hal Ulen, Gloomy, Faces Columbia Natators in New York Tonight Minus His Four Mainstays | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

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