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Dick Howell

American swimmer, former world record-holder · United States · On the map · Athletes · Lived 1903 to 1967 · aged 63

Richard Elm Howell Sr. was an American competition swimmer who competed for Northwestern University and represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. His 1924 Paris Olympic 4x200 relay team with whom he competed in a preliminary heat set a world record of 9:59.4.

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He would set three NCAA national collegiate titles while swimming for Northwestern University through 1926.

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Lived 1903 to 1967 · aged 63