Olympic swimmer. He competed twice for the United States in the men’s 100 meter backstroke. He attended McKinley High School, Honolulu, the University of Hawaii and St. Mary’s College, in San Francisco. In 1919 he won the Hawaiian freestyle swimming championship. Stubby competed in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics in the backstroke and played on the US Olympic water polo team. He was a national water polo champion at St. Mary’s College and a member of six national champion relay teams. In 1923, he became the central amateur athletic union champion in the freestyle, backstroke, and medley. He was also an accomplished diver. Kruger was later a featured comedic performer in aquacade tour shows, and an actor, double, and stuntman in Hollywood. His career in entertainment began in the silent era and lasted well into the 1950s. As an actor, Kruger doubled Douglas Fairbanks, Johnny Weissmuller, and Spencer Tracy, and played supporting roles in comedy feature films. Kruger also performed at carnivals and fairs billed as the “incomparable water comedian.” He was member of the stock players of the Pickford-Fairbanks film production company which became United Artists. He married Evan Burrows Fontaine in 1929. She was former vaudevillian, featured dancer, and past Hollywood movie starlet. Together, Stubby and Evan had one child, a son Robert. Stubby and Evan were divorced in 1935. He later married Annie Young and they are buried near each other. Stubby died at age 68.
Olympic swimmer. He competed twice for the United States in the men’s 100 meter backstroke. He attended McKinley High School, Honolulu, the University of Hawaii and St. Mary’s College, in San Francisco. In 1919 he won the Hawaiian freestyle swimming championship. Stubby competed in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics in the backstroke and played on the US Olympic water polo team. He was a national water polo champion at St. Mary’s College and a member of six national champion relay teams. In 1923, he became the central amateur athletic union champion in the freestyle, backstroke, and medley. He was also an accomplished diver. Kruger was later a featured comedic performer in aquacade tour shows, and an actor, double, and stuntman in Hollywood. His career in entertainment began in the silent era and lasted well into the 1950s. As an actor, Kruger doubled Douglas Fairbanks, Johnny Weissmuller, and Spencer Tracy, and played supporting roles in comedy feature films. Kruger also performed at carnivals and fairs billed as the “incomparable water comedian.” He was member of the stock players of the Pickford-Fairbanks film production company which became United Artists. He married Evan Burrows Fontaine in 1929. She was former vaudevillian, featured dancer, and past Hollywood movie starlet. Together, Stubby and Evan had one child, a son Robert. Stubby and Evan were divorced in 1935. He later married Annie Young and they are buried near each other. Stubby died at age 68.
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