Full name Clarke Currie Scholes Role Olympic athlete National team United States Height 1.91 m | Sport Swimming Weight 79 kg Name Clarke Scholes Strokes Freestyle swimming | |
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Born November 25, 1930 ( 1930-11-25 ) Detroit, Michigan College team Michigan State University Died February 5, 2010, Detroit, Michigan, United States Olympic medals Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle | ||
1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Men's 100 meter freestyle
Clarke Currie Scholes (November 25, 1930 – February 5, 2010) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion.
Scholes won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He also won gold medals in the 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter medley relay at the 1955 Pan American Games.
In 1948, as a Redford High School senior, Scholes won Detroit City League titles in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle. He attended Michigan State University, and swam for the Michigan State Spartans swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. While under the direction of coach Charles McCaffree, Clarke was transformed into a five-time All-American and three-time NCAA champion in the 100-yard freestyle.
Scholes was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1980. He was part of the inaugural class of thirty inductees into the Michigan State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, and he was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2008, which honors professional and amateur athletes who have played in, or are from, the state of Michigan.