Bill Woolsey

Bill Woolsey

Gold medal winning U.S. team of 4 × 200 meters free relay in Helsinki 1952: William Woolsey (at left), Wayne Moore, James McLane and Ford Konno.
Personal information
Full name	William Tripp Woolsey
Nickname	"Bill"
National team	United States
Born	(1934-09-13) September 13, 1934 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	Indiana University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki 4×200 m freestyle 1956 Melbourne 4×200 m freestyle Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 100 m freestyle

William Tripp Woolsey (born September 13, 1934) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion. He represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Wayne Moore, Ford Konno and Jimmy McLane. Four years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, he won a silver medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Dick Hanley, George Breen and Ford Konno.

Woolsey attended Indiana University, and swam for coach Doc Counsilman's Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.

See also

• List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Woolsey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.