Competition Brooklyn Swimmer Eleanor Holm Addresses Her Removal from Olympic Team for “Alleged Whoopie” (1936)By rokurOctober 18, 20190 In September 1936 aboard a boat on which she returned to New York City from Europe, Eleanor Holm (also known…
Competition Exclusive Reel: Outtakes from Brooklyn’s Eleanor Holm After Swimmer’s Ban from Olympic Team (1936)By rokurAugust 8, 20190 In 1936 in New York, Eleanor Holm, a Brooklyn born and raised swimmer and daughter of a New York City…
History Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Eleanor Holm Among World’s Fair Performers in New York (1939)By rokurAugust 1, 20190 In 1939 at the World’s Fair in the New York City borough of Queens, Olympic gold medalist swimmer Eleanor Holm…