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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.

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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.

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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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