ERBzine 0394: Johnny Weissmuller Scrapbook

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Volume 0394

A CAREER SCRAPBOOK

**JOHNNY WEISSMULLER SWIMMING RECORDS**
Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984) won 52 National Championships (36 individual and 16 relay team) and 67 world championships. He set 51 individual world records, 94 individual American records, and participated on 13 American record-setting relay teams (between 1921 and 1928). He was also a member of National Championship water polo teams in 1924 and 1927. Olympic Gold Medals 1924 (Paris, France) 100-meters freestyle 400-meters freestyle 800-meters United States relay team 1928 (Amsterdam, Holland) 100-meters freestyle 800-meters United States relay team National Championships (Outdoor) (Event) (Year) (Time) 50-yards 1921 23.2 50-yards 1922 23.0 100-yards 1922 52.8 100-yards 1923 54.6 100-yards 1925 52.0 100-meters 1926 59.6 100-meters 1927 58.0 100-meters 1928 57.8 220-yards 1 921 2:28.0 220-yards 1922 2:22.4 440-yards 1922 5:16.4 440-yards 1923 5:37.4 440-yards 1925 5:22.5 440-yards 1926 5:21.8 440-yards 1927 4:52.0 440-yards 1928 4:58.6 (Indoor) (Event) (Year) (Time) 50-yards 1923 23.6 50-yards 1924 24.0 50-yards 1925 23.2 100-yards 1922 54.0 100-yards 1923 54.8 100-yards 1924 53.8 100-yards 1925 52.2 100-yards 1927 51.4 100-yards 1928 50.8 Pentathlon 1922 Pentathlon 1923 (Tied) 220-yards 1922 2:17.4 220-yards 1923 2:22.0 220-yards 1924 2:14.8 220-yards 1927 2:10.8 220-yards 1928 2:10.4 500-yards 1922 5:46.8 500-yards 1923 5:43.6 500-yards 1924 5:50.4 500-yards 1927 5:28.4 500-yards 1928 5:35.0 150-yd Bkstroke 1923 1:42.0

**Johnny Weissmuller: His Sports Record**
Established 67 world records Won 52 national championships Earned five Olympic gold medals Won the Chicago Marathon Race twice Voted the greatest swimmer of the first half century Awarded the Helms Hall of Fame three times Founding Chairman of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Received the Sportsmen's World Award for Swimming in 1968 Received the American Patriot Award in 1971 Awarded special sterling silver Olympic medals at the Olympic Games in Munich 1972 Declared Sportsworld King in 1972 Received Dewars Merit Award for "Sports Immortal" in 1972 Declared an undefeated "King of Swimming" by the International Palace of Sports in 1974 Inducted into the American Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983 The Johnny Weissmuller website

**12 TARZAN MOVIES (1932-1948)**
**STARRING JOHNNY WEISSMULLER**
1932 Tarzan the Ape Man 1934 Tarzan and His Mate 1936 Tarzan Escapes 1939 Tarzan Finds A Son! 1941 Tarzan's Secret Treasure 1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure *First six films with Maureen O'Sullivan* 1943 Tarzan Triumphs 1943 Tarzan's Desert Mystery 1945 Tarzan and the Amazons 1946 Tarzan and the Leopard Woman 1947 Tarzan and the Huntress 1948 Tarzan and the Mermaids

TARZAN MOVIE POSTER GALLERY

**16 JUNGLE JIM MOVIES (1948-1956)**
**STARRING JOHNNY WEISSMULLER**
1948 Jungle Jim 1949 The Lost Tribe 1950 Captive Girl 1950 Mark of the Gorilla 1950 Pygmy Island 1951 Fury of the Congo 1951 Jungle Manhunt 1952 In the Forbidden Land 1952 Voodoo Tiger 1953 Savage Mutiny 1953 Valley of the Headhunters 1953 Killer Ape 1954 Jungle Man-Eaters 1954 Cannibal Attack 1955 Jungle Moon Men 1956 Devil Goddess

Johnny Weissmuller Career Scrapbook

OTHER MEDIA

"How can a guy climb trees, say “Me, Tarzan, you, Jane,” and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn’t make-believe."
--Johnny Weissmuller

**WEISSMULLER REFERENCE LINKS**
ERBzine of the Silver Screen ~ Main Site ERBzine 0393: David "Nkima" Adams' Review of David Fury's *Johnny Weissmuller: Twice the Hero* ERBzine 0320: Tarzan Was Born In Chicago Pt. I ERBzine 0321: Tarzan Was Born In Chicago Pt. II (An investigation of the Chicago connection between Johnny Weissmuller, J. Allen St. John and Edgar Rice Burroughs) ERBzine 0013: ERB of the Silver Screen Pt. I ERBzine 0013a: ERB of the Silver Screen Pt. II Weissmuller ... the Two Career Star by David Fury David Fury: Twice the Hero David Fury Page Kings of the Jungle by David Fury Johnny Weissmuller at Brian's Drive-In Theater Jungle Love Matt's Tarzan Movie Guide Tarzan German-Hollywood Connection Tarzan of the Publicity Pix Jungle Miscellany Jungle Jim of the Movies Tarzan Movies and Movie Guides Tarzan Films and Serials At a Glance Movies Tarzan Flicks AMC Johnny Weissmuller Filmography Maureen O'Sullivan Page Africa On Film (500 Movies Listed) Films About Primates Young Johnny Weissmuller Great Olympians: Biographies Olympic Hall of Fame: Johnnie Weissmuller Tarzan en Jane The Johnny Weissmuller website Jungle Jim Bad Cinema Diary: Jungle Jim Tarzan of the Apes Trivia Arboretum Map of the Arboretum Maureen O'Sullivan Obituary Johnny Weissmuller: 1904-1984

The role of Tarzan seemed to attract Olympians. 1932 Olympic swimming gold medalist (400 meter freestyle) Clarence "Buster" Crabbe gained recognition playing Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers in the movies. Two other Olympic medalists also played Tarzan -- shotputter Bruce Bennett (whose real name was Herman Brix) and marathoner Glenn Morris.

See our companion Weissmuller site at:
ERBzine 0393:
for
David "Nkima" Adams'
review of
Johnny Weissmuller: Twice the Hero
by David Fury

Volume 0394

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