Aileen rigging biography of albert

Cecil Selwyn Frampton ( – ) was born in Bournemouth England on 28 July He was the youngest of 7 children born to Albert and Maud Frampton.

The youngest U. All these honors were won in the Olympics by Miss Riggin when she had just passed her 14th birthday. The picture of her beside the N. In the Olympics an 18 year old Miss Riggin was more rounded, was and is the only girl in Olympic history to win medals in both diving and swimming silver in 3 meter springboard and bronze in meter backstroke.

She was high point woman swimming and diving in the U. National AAU Championship, won three outdoor, one indoor, national springboard titles, was part of two national meter and one yd. She made the first underwater and the first slow-motion swimming and diving films for Grantland Rice in and If no woman started earlier as an amateur champion, certainly no woman pro stayed on the top longer.

Aileen Riggin turned pro in , played the Hippodrome 3 weeks, and toured with Ederle 6 months after her Channel swim. Her articles appeared in Colliers, Good Housekeeping and other national magazines.

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Aileen Riggin, still petite at 61, is now Mrs. Howard Soule, living in Honolulu. No girl athlete in U. Search Close this search box. Aileen Riggin Soule. Country: USA. Honoree Type: Swimmer.