Dick Button, US figure skating pioneer, will always be 'godfather of this sport'
Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara ...
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Dick Button, dominant U.S. figure skating icon, dies at 95
Jan. 31 (UPI) --Dick Button, who won figure skating gold for Team USA in 1948 and 1952 before going on to star as a commentator, has died, his family announced. He was 95. His family confirmed the ...
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Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95
In 1948, Button, then 18, won the first of back-to-back Olympic titles. He remains the youngest man to win an Olympic figure skating gold medal. Button’s athletic style of jumping revolutionized the ...