1. William Bachrach was an American swimming and water polo coach.
11 Facts About Bill Bachrach
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Bill Bachrach was Jewish, and one of 16 children born to Charles and Leonora Bill Bachrach in Elgin, Illinois, 40 miles west of Chicago.
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Bill Bachrach later moved to the Illinois Athletic Club.
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Bill Bachrach was head coach of the 1924 Olympics and 1928 Olympics US men's and women's swim teams.
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Bill Bachrach's swimmers won 13 gold medals in Paris in 1924, and 10 gold medals in Amsterdam in 1928.
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Bill Bachrach developed four swimmers who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympics: Weissmuller, Skelton, Lackie, and Sybil Bauer.
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Bill Bachrach developed Norman Ross, who won gold medals in the 400m and 1,500m freestyles and 800m relay at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.
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Legend has it that Bill Bachrach was the first to tryout Weissmuller at the Illinois Athletic Club, where Weissmuller broke a world record, and shortly after set a record for the 100 yard freestyle of 49.8 seconds, one of Weissmuller's best known athletic feats.
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In 1994, Bill Bachrach was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Bill Bachrach was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 2002 he was inducted into the American Swimming Coach's Hall of Fame.
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Bill Bachrach died July 16,1959 at Veteran's Research Hospital in Chicago.