
When Paths Cross Among Hall Of Famers
Harry Huffaker, Duke Kahanamoku, Buster Crabbe, Keo Nakama
Harry Huffaker, Duke Kahanamoku, Buster Crabbe, Keo Nakama
Winter Swimming In Lake Arrowhead Dates Back To Crabbe Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Buster Crabbe was a two-time Olympic medalist (1928 and 1932) and a famous movie star and television actor who starred in a number of popular films in the 1930's and 1940's. He also played the title role in the serials Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers and
Great swimmers are judged in the pool fundamentally and specifically by one parameter: speed. What are their best times? How fast are they? Did they set world and Olympic records? Did they win national, continental, world and Olympic races? Are they the best in their age-group, in history, or during their era? Speed or times are, more or less, a
Stubby Kruger was an Olympic swimmer from Honolulu, Hawaii who found his way to the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and later Hollywood where he buddied up with Duke Kahanamoku, Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller. He was a waterman and a backstroker who performed at carnivals and fairs billed as the Incomparable Water Comedian. He also had a career in Hollywood as