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Martha Norelius
Martha Norelius (Swimming. Born, Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 20, 1908; died, St. Louis, MO, Sept. 23, 1955.) Coming to the U.S. as a child with her swimming coach father (Charles), Martha Norelius was the best freestyle woman swimmer in the world for most of the 1920s. Norelius joined the Women’s Swimming Association of New York and […]
Lou Handley
Lou Handley (Swimming. Born, Rome, Italy, 1874; died, New York, NY, Dec. 28, 1956.) Though something of an athlete himself in his youth, Louis deBreda Handley achieved his greatest fame after emigrating to America as a swimming coach. Handley was the principal coach for the Women’s Swimming Association of New York, the primary source for […]
Charlotte Epstein
Charlotte Epstein (Swimming. Born, New York, NY, Sept. 17, 1884; died, New York, NY, Aug. 26, 1938.) Of the true pioneers of athletics for women, Charlotte Epstein ranks near the top. Epstein was one of the organizers of the National Women’s Life Saving League and in Oct. 1917, led the formation of the Women’s Swimming […]
