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George Young, Marathon Swimmer

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $19.95

Stock #:859828
Type: Postcard
Era: Real Photo
City: Niagara Falls
State: Ontario (ON)
Country: Canada
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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January 1927 became the first swimmer to cross the channel between Catalina Island and the mainland of California in the Wrigley Ocean Marathon. This feat earned him a prize of $25,000 and the nickname "The Catalina Kid". He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955 and into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2014.

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