Canadian Sportsman, Swimming Coach. Ryder was an all-around athlete who excelled in football, baseball, hockey and handball, but it was swimming where he made his mark. He helped to train and coach famed distance swimmers, Clifford Lumsden and Marilyn Bell, who swam Lake Ontario in 1954 in a record-breaking event at the age of 16. In his later years he helped to establish the Lakeshore Swimming Club in Toronto, Ontario, where he taught thousands of handicapped children to swim and enjoy the water. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1963.
Canadian Sportsman, Swimming Coach. Ryder was an all-around athlete who excelled in football, baseball, hockey and handball, but it was swimming where he made his mark. He helped to train and coach famed distance swimmers, Clifford Lumsden and Marilyn Bell, who swam Lake Ontario in 1954 in a record-breaking event at the age of 16. In his later years he helped to establish the Lakeshore Swimming Club in Toronto, Ontario, where he taught thousands of handicapped children to swim and enjoy the water. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1963.
Bio by: The Silent Forgotten
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