Johnny Weissmuller

Johnny Weissmuller
He was born on June 2, 1904, in Freidorf, Romania.
He was educated at the University of Chicago. As a
sickly child, he took up swimming with the advice
from a doctor. He was 6’3 and weighed 190 pounds. In the 1920’s he was star of the American newspapers with title such as Human Hydroplane, Prince of the waters and Aquatic Wonder. He was not only a hero in the water but ion real life as well; in 1927 he saved the lives of 11 people when an excur...