Charles Toth
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The Boston Globe newspaper 3 July 1916 about Henry F. Sullivan and Charles Toth
The Boston Globe newspaper 19 August 1916 about Henry F. Sullivan and Charles Toth
Charles Toth (born in Rábafüzes, Hungary, on 8 October 1878) was an American open water swimmer and waiter from Boston, Massachusetts.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- He won the 1921 Boston Light Swim in 5 hours 37 minutes.
- He was a member of the International Professional Swimmers Association founded in 1927 in New York City.
- He attempted a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France on 2 September 1922, retiring after 11 hours.
- He attempted a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France on 22 September 1922, retiring after 16 hours.
- He attempted a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from France to England on 11 August 1923, retiring after 18 hours 9 minutes in a Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt.
- He attempted a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from France to England on 4 September 1923, retiring after 14 hours 5 minutes.
- He completed a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from France to England on 9 September 1923 in 16 hours 58 minutes in 9 September 1923 on his 5th attempt.
- On 15 January 1927, he entered the Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim across the Catalina Channel from Isthmus Cove on Santa Catalina Island to San Pedro on the Southern California mainland, but did not finish.
- He participated in the 40.9 km Lake George Swimming Marathon held on 12 July 1927 in Lake George, New York.
International Professional Swimmers Association
The International Professional Swimmers Association was an international association organized on 21 September 1927 at the Hotel McAlpin in Manhattan, New York with its headquarters in New York City. The Association planned to issue a monthly publication to authenticate and keep records of a professional swimming events and to foster swimming throughout the world as an international sport.
Officers
- William Wrigley, Jr., Honorary President
- Captain George H. Maines, Active President
- William Burgess of Dover, England, Vice President
- Elwood Hughes of Toronto, Canada, Vice President
- C. Compton of Long Beach. California, Vice President
- Lou Timson of Boston, Massachusetts, Secretary and Treasurer
Board of Governors
- Edward Keating of New York
- William Erickson of New York
- Byron Summers of San Francisco
- Lottie Schoemmell of Lake George, New York
- Eva Morrison of Boston, Massachusetts
- Ernest Vierkoetter of Berlin, Germany
- Paul Chotteau of Paris, France
- William Sadlo Jr. of New York
- Ethel Hertle of New York
- Mobile Bill Jackson of Mobile, Alabama
- Leo Purcell of San Francisco, California
- May Elwell of Revere, Massachusetts
- Sam Swartz of Glens Falls, New York
- Captain T. W. Sheffield of Balboa, California
- Johnny Walker of Toronto, Canada
- Olaf Farstadt of Norway
- Ernst M. Smith of San Francisco, California
- Charles Toth of Boston, Massachusetts
- Henry Sullivan of Lowell, Massachusetts
- James Burns of New York
- Edith Hedin of Toronto, Canada
- Harold "Stubby" Kruger of Hawaii
- Georges Michel of Paris, France
- Norman Ross of Chicago, Illinois
- Clarence Ross of New York
- George Young of Toronto, Canada, Associate Member for Life
- Gertrude Ederle, Associate Member for Life
- Millie Gade Corson, Associate Member for Life
External links
- Swimming Across Lake George, The Most Beautiful Lake In The World
- Daisy Ridley To Play Gertrude Ederle As Young Woman In The Sea
- Racing For Half A Million Dollars Across The Catalina Channel
- Swimmers on the shore before the start of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon at Isthmus Cove, Santa Catalina Island, 1927
- Wrigley Ocean Marathon 12 January 1927 The Catalina Island
- Hundreds Start Channel Swim, Los Angeles Times
- Old School Breaststroking In The Open Water
- Charles Toth
- International Professional Swimming Association Drew Stars
- International Professional Swimmers' Association Organized
- Boston Light Swim
- Open Water Swimming
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Time Magazine August 1925
- Catch Me Helmy
- Marveling About Nelson
- Channel Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
