Albert White (diver)

Al White

Personal information

Surname:

Albert Cosad White

Nationality:

United States

Society:

Stanford University

Birthday:

May 14, 1895

Place of birth:

Oakland

Date of death:

July 8, 1982

Place of death:

Richmond

Size:

171 cm

Medals

Olympic games
gold	1924 Paris	Jump 3 m
gold	1924 Paris	Diving

Albert Cosad White , called Al White (born May 14, 1895 in Oakland , California , † July 8, 1982 in Richmond , California) was an American basketball player and diver .

As a soldier in World War I , he traveled through Europe with an American basketball team . After the war he enrolled at Stanford University and was a member of the local gymnastics team. In 1921 he won the Pacific Coast Conference championships with the team. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , he won the gold medal in high diving and in artificial jumping from the 3-meter board, making him the first water diver to win both disciplines at the Games.

He served as a lieutenant colonel during World War II and became a city engineer in Richmond , California after the war . In addition, since the end of his active career, he was responsible for diving within the Amateur Athletic Union .

Web links

Albert White in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
Albert White in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ Gary Migdol: Stanford: Home of Champions . Sports Publishing LLC, 1997, ISBN 978-1-57167-116-5 , pp. 69 .

personal data
SURNAME	White, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	White, Albert Cosad; White, Al
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American basketball player and diver
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oakland , United States
DATE OF DEATH	July 8, 1982
Place of death	Richmond , California , United States

[shoc-1] Gary Migdol: Stanford: Home of Champions . Sports Publishing LLC, 1997, ISBN 978-1-57167-116-5 , pp. 69 .