Tag Archives: Figure skating
Maribel Vincent Owen
Maribel Vincent Owen (Figure skating. Born, Winchester, MA, Oct. 12, 1911; died, near Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 15, 1961.) A Skating Club of Boston star who won nine U.S. championships as Maribel Vincent, Mrs. Owen gave numerous exhibitions at the Garden during her skating career. Mrs. Owen later became a leading coach whose student, Tenley Albright, […]
Dick Button
Dick Button (Figure skating. Born, Englewood, NJ, July 18, 1929.) First of the great post-World War II American figure skating champions, Richard T. Button was the U.S. national men’s champion seven straight years (1946-52) and a five-time world champion (1948-52). Button was the Olympic gold medalist in 1948 at St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first American to […]
