Passages: Calvert Hall’s Arthur Francis “Reds” Hucht, 95

SPOTSYLVANIA, Virginia, January 18. ARTHUR Francis "Reds" Hucht, who served as coach of the Calvert Hall's swim team from 1960-97, passed away on January 3 at the age of 95 according to the Baltimore Sun. He passed away at his home in Spotsylvania, Va., having moved their after his wife's death in 2010.

Hucht won 23 championships in the Maryland Scholastic Association while coaching Calvert Halls in Maryland.

"He touched a lot of lives," Marc Fisher, who swam for Hucht in the late 1970s and early 1980s and later worked with him at various swim clubs, told the Baltimore Sun. "He was old school, and he was strict. He never took no for an answer, and he would always say that 'can't' isn't a word. He motivated you."

Hucht also coached the K.C. Orchards club team, and produced three swimmers who went on to break national prep school records: Larry Barbiere (100 back), Doug Tuero (100 breast) and Mark Michael (100 fly).

A memorial is scheduled at Calvert Hall on Sat., Jan. 21 from 1-4 p.m. Guests are asked to RSVP and can contact Fisher at 443-386-6415.

Full text of Baltimore Sun article.

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