Francis Heydt
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1918 – 2008
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Who was Francis Heydt?
Francis Elmer Heydt was a competitive swimmer who won three NCAA men's swimming championships, including the 150-yard backstroke event and two 300-yard medley relay championships as a member of the University of Michigan swimming team in 1940 and 1941. He later operated a successful clothing and export business that manufactured camouflage clothing to governments in the United States, Israel, and Libya. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1988.
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- Born
- Aug 15, 1918
Wellington - Education
- University of Michigan
- Died
- Nov 25, 2008
Kansas City
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on July 23, 2013
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