Bill Farley
Personal information | |
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Full name | William Winfield Farley |
Nickname(s) | "Bill" |
National team | United States |
Born | Fort Devens, Massachusetts | November 10, 1944
Died | September 2, 2018[1] | (aged 73)
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Los Angeles Athletic Club |
College team | University of Michigan |
William Winfield Farley (November 10, 1944 – September 2, 2018) was an American swimming coach and former competition swimmer.
Farley represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2] He advanced to the event final of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, and finished fourth overall with a time of 17:18.2.[2][3]
Farley attended the University of Michigan, and swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1963 to 1965. He was a ten-time All-American as a college swimmer.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Bill Farley at Olympedia
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Bill Farley. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, Men's 1500 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ FairfieldStags.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, Coaching Staff, Bill Farley. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
External links[]
- Bill Farley – Coach profile at FairfieldStags.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Farley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Categories:
- 1944 births
- 2018 deaths
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Fairfield Stags
- Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers
- Michigan Wolverines swimming coaches
- Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Princeton Tigers coaches
- Swimmers at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- American swimming biography stubs