Rare Footage Showcasing American Swimming In Timeless ISHOF Video

American Swimming… A look at America’s best swimmers in 1973 – 76. Shirley Babashoff, Tim Shaw, Greg Jagenburg, John Naber, John Hencken and coach George Haines along with host Don Schollander, the star of the 1964 Olympic Games. Footage of the 1976 Olympic Trials and AAU Nationals, Frank Keefe at the John DuPont Pool – a look back at the days of AAU swimming leading up the 1976 Olympic Games. From the archives of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. #KnowYourHistory

From the archives of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

In other matters concerning the International Hall of Fame, Swimming World obtained photos of the proposed Santa Clara Swim Center, future home of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The city of Santa Clara hopes to build a new 3-acre International Swim Center on the other side of Central Park from its current aquatics facility that would eventually house the 7,500-square-foot Hall of Fame.

According to Bruce Wigo, Executive Director for the International Hall of Fame, the overarching factors that would make a successful marriage between Santa Clara and ISHOF are definitely in place. The new mecca of Swimming would be Santa Clara.

Centerpiece of the complex would be an Aquatic Theater, where fans would be on top of the action in the pool. Think more of courtside seats at a basketball game, less of the current standard pool setup of the fans being pushed well away from the pool.

: Photo Courtesy: ISHOF

: Photo Courtesy: ISHOF

: Photo Courtesy: ISHOF

: Photo Courtesy: ISHOF

Firstlevel

Name*

Email*

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use

Name*

Email*

1 Comment

Oldest

Newest Most Voted

Inline Feedbacks

View all comments

Mary Beth Bonner Ryan

8 years ago

That was awesome! The kids don’t believe me when I tell, most of the time we didn’t swim with Goggles. Allot of the swimmers in this clip don’t bother to use them.