Don Schollander
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Competitor for  United States |
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| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | 100 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | 400 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | 4x100 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | 4x200 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | 4x200 m freestyle relay | |
| Silver | 1968 Mexico City | 200 m freestyle | |
Donald ("Don") Arthur Schollander (b. April 30, 1946) is a former competitive swimmer for the United States.
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[edit] Early career
Schollander was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and learned competitive swimming from his uncle, Newt Perry, who ran a swim school in Florida.[1] As a boy, Schollander moved with his family to Lake Oswego, Oregon.[2] Though his first sporting passion was football, he was too small to compete in high school football.[3] Instead, he joined Lake Oswego High School's swim team, and in 1960, helped lead the team to an Oregon state swimming championship as a freshman.[3][4]
[edit] Olympics
As a teenager in 1962, Schollander moved to Santa Clara, California to train under swim coach George Haines.[3] Two years later at the age of 18, he won three freestyle events at the AAU national championships.[3] He made the U.S. Olympic team in two individual events and two relays. Months later, he won four gold medals and set three world records at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the most medals won by an American since Jesse Owens in 1936.[3] His success helped earn him the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States, defeating runner-up Johnny Unitas by a wide margin.[3] He was also named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year.
[edit] College swimming
Schollander attended Yale University and was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity along with future president George W. Bush.[5] He was the captain of Yale's swim team, winning three individual NCAA championships.[3] Schollander returned to the Olympics in 1968, winning gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, but finishing second in the 200 m freestyle, an event that Schollander considered his best and that was not contested in the 1964 games.[3] Following the 1968 Olympics, Schollander retired from competitive swimming.
[edit] After swimming
Schollander was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1965, at the age of 19.[6] In 1983, he was one of the first group of inductees into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. He is also a member of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.[7]
In 1971, he published his first book, Deep Water (ISBN 0720705428, with Duke Savage) chronicling his swimming, his teammates and coaches, and the behind-the-scenes politics of international swimming, especially the Olympic Games. He followed this book in 1974 with Inside Swimming (ISBN 0809289059, with Joel H. Cohen).
Schollander resides in Lake Oswego, where he runs Schollander Development, a real estate development company. His gold medals are on display to the public at a Bank of America branch location in downtown Lake Oswego.[2] Schollander and his wife Cheryl have three children.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Smiley-Height, Susan (July 5, 2006). The Perry legacy lives on. Ocala.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ a b Notable Oregonians: Don Schollander. Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Eggers, Kerry (June 2, 2004). Medal fatigue. Portland Tribune. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ Fourteenth Annual Oregon Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships. Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ Ferrey, Tom (November 1, 2006). A sporting blueblood. ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ Don Schollander. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ Swimming & Diving inductees. Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
- ^ Mason, Emily (November 2005). "Still Kicking". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
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| Preceded by Sandy Koufax |
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year 1964 |
Succeeded by Sandy Koufax |
| Preceded by R. Malcolm Graham Robert A. Griese Floyd Little James R. Lynch Alan C. Page Ricardo M. Urbina |
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) Class of 1993 Dick Anderson Bob Johnson Donna A. Lopiano Donald A. Schollander Stan Smith Wyomia Tyus |
Succeeded by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Lee Evans Calvin Hill William C. Hurd Leroy Keyes Jim Ryun |
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