Full name Norman DeMille Ross Sport Swimming Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | National team United States Nickname(s) "The Big Moose" Name Norman Ross | |
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Born May 2, 1895 ( 1895-05-02 ) Portland, Oregon Died June 19, 1953(1953-06-19) (aged 58)
Evanston, Illinois | ||
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Norman DeMille Ross (May 2, 1895 – June 19, 1953) was an American competition swimmer who won five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris, and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He set thirteen world records and won eighteen U.S. national championships during his career.
In later years he was a popular Chicago radio personality known to listeners as "Uncle Normie." His son, Norman A Ross Jr. (1922–2008), was a well-known radio and television host, corporate executive and civic leader in Chicago.
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