Norman Ross biography

 Norman Ross biography

Norman Ross, (born May 2, 1896, Portland, Oregon, U.S.—died June 19, 1953, Evanston, Illinois), American swimmer who received three gold medals on the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp and set greater than 10 world data.

Ross attended Stanford University and later acquired a level in legislation from Northwestern University. He served within the U.S. Army throughout World War I and was adorned for valour by Gen. John J. Pershing. In 1916 Ross set his first world swimming file within the 220-yard freestyle. The subsequent 12 months he was the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) nationwide out of doors champion within the 440-yard race; he received it once more, together with the AAU one-mile out of doors championship, in 1920. Ross additionally received 4 indoor AAU championships. When the 1920 U.S. Olympic crew sailed to Belgium in an overcrowded funeral ship and was given makeshift housing in an Antwerp faculty, he led the athletes’ insurrection in opposition to the American Olympic committee. Despite the tough situations, he received the 400-metre and 1,500-metre freestyle races after which swam on the victorious 4 × 200-metre relay crew; he additionally competed for the U.S. water polo crew, which received a bronze medal.

Noted for his stamina, Ross set particular person world data within the 400- and 800-metre freestyle races, in addition to within the subsequently discontinued 220-, 300-, 440-, 500-, and 880-yard and 300- and 500-metre freestyle races. During World War II, he was an aide to James H. Doolittle, a U.S. Army Air Force basic. He later grew to become the primary classical music disc jockey in America, broadcasting for years on a Chicago radio station.