PHOENIX, Arizona, January 1. HEADING into 2011, Swimming World takes a look back to the 2010, and honors those that passed on the last year and were reported on SwimmingWorld.com. Please feel free to make any additions via Reaction Time that we missed.
JANUARY
Passages: South Dakota's Don "Doc" McCullough, 94 – January 15, 2010
Passages: UCSD's Ryan Kloos, 24 – January 15, 2010
Passages: Former Wright State Swim Coach Matt Liddy, 50 – January 28, 2010
FEBRUARY
Passages: WAVE YMCA's Jon Brenner – February 2, 2010
Passages: Oshkosh's Natalie Bolin, 16 – February 21, 2010
MARCH
Passages: Butterfly Inventor Jiro Nagasawa, 78 – March 24, 2010
APRIL
Passages: Former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch – April 21, 2010
MAY
Passages: Joaquin Capilla, 81 – May 12, 2010
Passages: Former British Swimming President Alan Clarkson, 73 – May 25, 2010
Passages: U.S. Virgin Islands Secretary of Swimming Richard Locke – May 27, 2010
JUNE
Passages: Former Stanford Coach Tom Haynie, 94 – June 1, 2010
Passages: Olympic Gold Medalist Marie Corridon Mortell, 80 – June 2, 2010
Passages: Triple Olympic Gold Medalist Charlie Hickcox, 63 – June 15, 2010
JULY
Passages: Australian Coach Stan Tilley, 84 – July 12, 2010
Passages: Zimbabwe's Frank Parrington, 85 – July 15, 2010
AUGUST
Passages: Houston's Phill Hansel, 85 – August 8, 2010
Passages: Harvard Assistant Coach Marlene Pineda, 24 – August 12, 2010
Passages: Eastern Kentucky's Tim Cahill, 63 – August 22, 2010
SEPTEMBER
Passages: USA Swimming Official Walter Eggert, 85 – September 4, 2010
Passages: Fleet Head Age Group Coach Allen Salinas – September 9, 2010
Passages: Hall of Famer Ray Bussard, 83 – September 23, 2010
OCTOBER
Passages: Former Minnesota Head Coach Jean Freeman – October 15, 2010
Passages: Fran Crippen, 26 – FINA, USA Swimming, USOC Release Statements – October 24, 2010
Passages: Jose Cerda Navarro, 18 – October 27, 2010
NOVEMBER
Passages: Tony Van Dorp, 74 – November 24, 2010
DECEMBER
Passages: Former Swimming Benefactor John E. du Pont, 72 – December 10, 2010