WILLIAM TRIPP WOOLSEY

(Born 1934)
Olympic Swimming Champion.

William Tripp Woolsey attended McKinley High School and in 1952 was a member of the U.S. Olympic 800-meter relay swim team that won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record of 8:31:1. He made the U.S. Olympic Swim Team again in 1956 and won a silver medal in that event.

The peace treaty among West Germany, the United States, Britain and France was signed on May 26, 1952.


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