Edward Keating
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The 1927 40.9 km Lake George Swimming Marathon program, won by Edward Keating
The start of the 1927 Lake George Marathon Swim won by Edward Keating. Photo from the Mirror, Lake George Magazine.
Edward Keating was an American open water swimmer and swimming instructor from New York City.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- At the age of 24, he won the 1927 Lake George Marathon Swim in 18 hours 47 minutes over Ernest Vierkoetter and 140 other competitors from around the world. He received US$5,000 as the first prize.
- He won the 1929 £5000 Marathon swim in Lake Ontario, a 15-mile professional marathon swim in Toronto, Canada. This was the 1929 edition of the Canadian National Exhibition with 325 swimmers.
- He was a member of the International Professional Swimmers Association founded in New York in 1927.
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.
Its officers included:
- 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
Its Board of Governors consisted of:
- 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
- Millie Corson Inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer
- A Rare Bit of Professional Marathon Swimming History
- Swimming Across Lake George, The Most Beautiful Lake In The World
- Kiwi Crossing: Twice As Old, Twice As Fast
- International Professional Swimming Association Drew Stars
- International Professional Swimmers' Association Organized
- Lake George Open Water Swim
- The Long And Short Of Mastering Open Water
- The Lake George Swim Marathon of 1927
- Swimming The Length Of Lake George
- Adirondack Record 1927
- Video of 1927 Lake George Marathon Swim
- Thousands To See Lake George Swim
- Splashback
- Edward Keating Is Lake George Victor
- The 1927 Lake George Marathon Swim
- £5000 Marathon swim
- Did They Swim Without Goggles?
