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Adolph Kiefer
- Class:
- Redshirt
Sport: Swimming (1939)
Inducted: 1982
Hometown: Chicago, Ill. • First man to swim 100-yard backstroke in less than one minute
• 1939 All-American
• Led UT to 1939 SWC championship
• Won gold medal in 1936 Olympic Games, setting a world record in 100-meter backstroke
• Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Among first instructors of Navy scuba divers during WWII and helped prepare Navy handbook on survival swimming
• Named to President[apos]s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Inducted: 1982
Hometown: Chicago, Ill. • First man to swim 100-yard backstroke in less than one minute
• 1939 All-American
• Led UT to 1939 SWC championship
• Won gold medal in 1936 Olympic Games, setting a world record in 100-meter backstroke
• Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Among first instructors of Navy scuba divers during WWII and helped prepare Navy handbook on survival swimming
• Named to President[apos]s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
