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D7843-1
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- 1939-01-23 (Creation)
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In February of 1939, the Tacoma Times ran this photograph of Lincoln High School swimming Coach Sheldon Brooks posed poolside with 24 members of the swim squad, the defending champions of Washington's prep ranks. The boys were, on the elevated portion, left to right, Harry Schramm, Bert Barber, Chuck Rohr, Don Ellis, Johnny Krutilla, Kenny Platzer, Bud Solum and Wallace Tuckey. Middle row: Coach Brooks, Bob Wheeler, Mel Malone, Tom Brotherton, Fred Mcneil, Roy Lindstrom, Harvey Berg and Walt Berry. Front Row: Leonard Hoveland, David Evans, Frank Maivliox, John Swanberg, Ed Ianson, Dale Slolum, Bob Reed, William Rohr and Joe Dowsett (seated.) The season soon came under a pall as 18 year old diver Robert Nack, absent when this picture was taken, died February 13, 1939 in a local hospital as he was being prepped for surgery on an abscess in his brain. The abscess was the result of a punctured ear drum he suffered when diving. (T. Times, 2/2/1939; T. Times 2/14/1939, pg. 1) (Additional identification provided by a reader)
Swimmers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swimming--Tacoma--1930-1940; Swimming pools--Tacoma--1930-1940; Students--Tacoma--1930-1940; Lincoln High School (Tacoma);