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| Full name | Phillip George Boggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1949-12-29)December 29, 1949 Akron, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 4, 1990(1990-07-04) (aged 40) Miami, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phillip ("Phil") George Boggs (December 29, 1949 – July 4, 1990) was a diver and Olympic gold medalist from the United States; he won the 3 m springboard event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
Boggs was born in Akron, Ohio, and graduated from Firestone High School in 1967. He graduated from Florida State University in 1971. And served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force for five years, leaving as a captain in 1976. He was an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1979.
Boggs was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Diagnosed with lymphoma, he died at age 40 in 1990 in Miami, Florida.
See also※
References※
- ^ firestonehigh.com - alumni - accessed 2012-04-05
- ^ New York Times - obituary - Phil Boggs - 1990-07-06
- ^ ishof.org Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine - Phil Boggs - accessed 2012-04-06
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-34-2
External links※
- Phil Boggs at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- ISHOF.org - profile - Phil Boggs at the Wayback Machine (archived June 22, 2006)
- Seminoles.com - Florida State athletics - Hall of Fame - Phil Boggs at archive.today (archived February 2, 2013)
- 1975 World Champion - Phil Boggs on YouTube
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