1. Robert David "Bob" Webster was born on October 25,1938 and is a retired American diver who won the 10 m platform event at every competition he entered between 1960 and 1964, including the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and 1963 Pan American Games.
16 Facts About Bob Webster
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Bob Webster later became a diving coach at the University of Minnesota, Princeton University, and the University of Alabama.
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Bob Webster was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1970 and the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1989.
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In 1957, Bob Webster led the Santa Ana Dons to second and third-place finishes at the conference and state swimming and diving competitions.
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Bob Webster really held up under competition, as both of his Olympic medals were by narrow margins.
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Bob Webster won the gold medal in the 1960 Olympics with a score of 165.56 on September 2,1960.
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Bob Webster's 1960 score on the platform was an Olympic record that remained unbroken when the scoring system was changed in 1972.
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Bob Webster won the gold medal again in the 1964 Olympics with a score of 148.58 on October 18,1964.
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Bob Webster was only the second diver to win the platform event in consecutive Olympic games, after his coach Sammy Lee accomplished the feat in 1948 and 1952.
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Bob Webster won every tower diving competition he entered from 1960 to 1964, including a gold medal in the 1963 Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil and the US National AAU championships from 1960 to 1964.
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Bob Webster was the first US diver to win the platform event in the history of the Pan American Games.
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Bob Webster won the US National AAU championship in the 1-meter springboard in 1962 and the Big Ten Conference championship in the 3-meter springboard in 1960.
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Bob Webster was diving coach at Princeton from 1966 to 1975.
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Bob Webster was the coach for the US diving team at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia.
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Bob Webster later became the diving coach at the University of Alabama where he was named SEC Coach of the Year in 1981.
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Bob Webster was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1970, and the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1989.