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4 unusual facts about Adolph Kiefer


Adolph Kiefer

In the 1960s he worked with Mayor Richard J. Daley to build swimming-pools across the inner city of Chicago, providing the facilities needed for thousands of children to learn to swim.

Kiefer actively supported Swim Across America, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for cancer research, and participated in SAA public swimming events well into his 70s and 80s.

At the National AAU swimming championship in April 1943, University of Michigan All-American swimmer Harry Holiday, Jr. finally went head-to-head with world-record holder Kiefer.

Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Adolph Kiefer set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 1:06.9 minutes.



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