Buster Crabbe
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908-1983)
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Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe II was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-metre freestyle swimming event, which launched his career on the silver screen and later television. He starred in a variety of popular feature films and movie serials released between 1933 and the 1950s, portraying the top three syndicated comic-strip heroes of the 1930s: Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers.
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- International Swimming Hall of Fame
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Крабб, БастерLow confidencewikipedia · ru.wikipedia.org
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