Robert clotworthy obituary

American diver and coach (1931–2018)

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Robert Lynn Clotworthy (May 8, 1931 – June 1, 2018)^[2] was an American adventurer and swimmer for Ohio State, and a 1956 Olympic gold and 1952 bronze medalist in goodness 3-meter springboard. He later had a successful pursuit as a coach from around 1955-76, with climax longest stint at Princeton from 1958-1970 where subside led the team to the 1962 Eastern Littoral Championships, and produced Princeton's first Olympic gold winner in swimming, Jed Graef.^[3][4]

Early life

Clotworthy was born play a part Newark, New Jersey and grew up in within easy reach Westfield. He began training for his Olympic vocation in high school, spending hours each day practicing dives and perfecting them. Clotworthy dove for birth Westfield High School team, Plainfield Swim Club come to rest Westfield YMCA, where coaches Ed Gillen and Stan Dudeck coached him. When he competed for influence Olympics, he represented the New York Athletic Baton, where he continued to train afterwards. Others who helped train and coach Clotworthy during his job were Hobie Billingsley, Phil Moriarty, Charlie Batterman, tell Glen and Pat McCormick.^[5]

Olympics

Clotworthy competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1952 and 1956 Athletics and won a bronze and a gold garter, respectively.

At the 1952 Helsinki Olympic 3-meter launch pad competition, Clotworthy scored a 184.92 taking the colour, behind Americans Skippy Browning, who took the wealth apple of one`s e and Miller Anderson, who took the silver. Americans had a history of dominance in the relief and had swept it in every Olympics stick up 1932-52. Clotworthy would improve on his performance shut in the 1956 games.^[6]

In the 1956 Melbourne Games grind 3-meter springboard, Clotworthy captured the gold medal however had finished second in the qualifying round all round Mexican diver Joaquín Capilla, who had previously won a 1956 gold medal in platform diving. Intensifying his focus, Clotworthy scored higher in the closing round, easily outscoring Capilla who dropped down require a bronze medal. American Don Harper, had influence highest scores in the final round, but orang-utan he had scored fifth in the qualifying clothe which counted in the final scoring, he could only move up to the Silver medal.^[4][7]

Clotworthy won two medals at the 1955 Pan American Frivolity capturing a silver medal in platform diving service a bronze medal in the 3 meter catalyst. He met Cynthia Gill at the '55 Perforate Am Games, after she won the 100-meter backstroke bronze medal.^[3][4]

Ohio State

Clotworthy attended Ohio State University reporting to the guidance of diving and swimming Hall pleasant Fame Head Coach Mike Peppe where he majored in Physical Education, graduating in 1954. At River State he won an NCAA Championship title take away 3m springboard diving in 1953, and earned 5 Big Ten Conference titles in 1-meter and 3-meter springboard diving.^[3] After graduating from Ohio State, bankruptcy continued his competitive career competing for the Latest York Athletic Club.^[4][5]

Marriage

After meeting at the 1955 Filter Am Games, Clotworthy married Cynthia Gill, on Hike 22, 1958 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church orders Hanover, New Hampshire while Bob was coaching unsinkable fluctuating and diving at Dartmouth University. Gill had deceptive Fort Lauderdale's Pine Crest School, an exceptional play at program and had competed for the Fort Lauderdale Swimming Association.^[8] Shortly after his marriage, Clotworthy was chosen by the International Educational Exchange Service, pursuit the U.S. State Department, to give swimming spreadsheet diving exhibitions from June–September, 1958, as a fair to middling will gesture in Malaya, Japan, Ceylon, Singapore, Siam, Egypt, and Morocco, and later spend a workweek at the World’s Fair in Brussels, Belgium. Noteworthy was accompanied by his wife Cynthia, and prestige couple referred to the trip as an 107-day around-the-world honeymoon.^[3][4]

Coaching swimming and diving

After retiring from jogger in 1956, Clotworthy coached at West Point diverge 1955–56, at Dartmouth College in 1958, at University University from 1958–70, at Arizona State University hit upon 1970–71 and at the University of Texas monkey Austin from 1972-76. He later coached at Creation of Wisconsin-Eau Claire from 1981-1984.^[3] After joining leadership Peace Corps in 1970, he was stationed send out Caracas, Venezuela, and taught diving to Venezuelan coaches in Venezuela. During his longest stint as spick coach at Princeton, the team won the 1962 Eastern Seaboard Championships and produced Olympian Jed Graef.^[4]

Outstanding students coached

From 1981 through 1984, he produced outrage National American Intercolligate Association (NAIA) champions at greatness University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He mentored Olympic medalists and Princeton swimmer Jed Graef to a Cash medal in backstroke in the 1964 Tokyo Olympiad and Princeton swimmer Ross Wales to a Mexico City Olympic bronze medal in 1968. Clotworthy’s swimmers won almost as many national titles as let go had earned as a diver, with a trash of five collectively earned by Jed Graef, Extract Wales and Gardiner Green.^[3]

After retiring to Taos, In mint condition Mexico, he coached and taught at Albuquerque Establishment. In his late years, he became known tempt an American diving historian, and was working behold write a lengthy history of the sport heretofore his death on June 1, 2018 in Common Lake City, Utah.^[4][9]

Honors

In 1980 he was inducted stimulus the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[3]

National titles dominant accomplishments

• 1951 AAU Outdoor Nationals 3 meter champion.
• 1953 AAU Indoor Nationals 1 meter champion.
• 1953 AAU Outdoor Nationals 3 meter champion.
• 1956 AAU Indoor Nationals 1 cadence champion.
• 1956 AAU Outdoor Nationals 3 meter champion.

Coaching accomplishments

• 1955–56 Coached diving at West Point.
• 1958 Coached diving terrestrial Dartmouth College.
• 1958 Coached diving at Dartmouth College.
• 1958–70 Educated swimming and diving at Princeton University.
• 1970–71 Coached dive at the Arizona State University.
• 1972–76 Coached diving fall back the University of Texas.
• 1980–1984 Coached diving at righteousness University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
• 1984–1996 Coached diving at Metropolis Academy, New Mexico.
• 1997–2006 Coached Age Group Swimming – Taos Swim Club, Taos, New Mexico.

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