Gloria Callen

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Callen in 1942
Callen in 1942

Gloria Callen, a backstroke swimmer from the United States, was the 1942 Associated Press Athlete of the Year.[1]

[edit] Biography

"Glamorous" Gloria Marie Callen was born in 1922. She married Herbert Erskine Jones Jr. in 1944.[2]

Gloria Callen set 35 American records and one world record in swimming, and won 13 American championships. Due to World War 2, she was never able to compete in world chamionships or Olympic Games, even though she qualified for the 1940 Olympic Games. She quit swimming when she went to college at Barnard College and joined the American Women's Voluntary Services.[3]

Gloria Callen was one in a row of glamorous swimming champions, and was voted one of America's 13 best-dressed women by the New York's Fashion Academy.[3]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b USA swimming awards table
  2. ^ Marriage announcement in Time magazine, October 23, 1944
  3. ^ a b c International Swimming Hall of Fame biography
  4. ^ Inductee list of the Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame
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