Sports Figure. He coached the US Olympic swim teams 6 times and was swimming coach at Yale University for 40 years. He is in the Buffalo NY Area Hall of fame and in their write up of him, they say "in his 40 years of coaching the Yale swim team he compiled a record unequaled by any college coach in any sport during any era. Simply put, Bob Kiphuth was the most outstanding coach this country has ever known." After his retirement in 1963 President Lyndon B Johnson awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor a President can bestow.
Sports Figure. He coached the US Olympic swim teams 6 times and was swimming coach at Yale University for 40 years. He is in the Buffalo NY Area Hall of fame and in their write up of him, they say "in his 40 years of coaching the Yale swim team he compiled a record unequaled by any college coach in any sport during any era. Simply put, Bob Kiphuth was the most outstanding coach this country has ever known." After his retirement in 1963 President Lyndon B Johnson awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor a President can bestow.
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