Letters to the Sports Editor: Super Bowl was Feb 13, 2005
The Chicken, Art Linkletter, Gregory Peck, Florence Chadwick, Maureen Connolly, our famous golfers, et al., should all be included. San Diego needs a big uplift. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
To France... and back Aug 6, 2004
As a teenager she remembers sitting on the grass above La Jolla Cove one day and listening to San Diego native Florence Chadwick spin tales about her English Channel crossings. "When I grow up," Cleveland said, "I'm going to swim the English Channel.". (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
First woman to swim English Dec 2, 2003
Her women's record stood until 1950 when another American, Florence Chadwick, made the crossing in 13 hours and 20 minutes. After the public hysteria that greeted her return to the United States, she toured the country with a vaudeville act (Philippines Daily News, Philippines)
Gertrude Ederle Dec 2, 2003
Her record held until 1950, when Florence Chadwick, another American, crossed in 13hrs 20min in a relatively calm sea. Ederle, who was only 20 when she made her crossing, entered the water at Cap Gris-Nez smothered in mutton grease and wearing a two-piece - though copious - bathing suit she had designed herself (Guardian, UK)
English Channel Swimmer Dies At 98 Dec 1, 2003
Yet her time for the crossing stood for 24 years before it was broken in 1950 by Florence Chadwick, who negotiated 23 miles in 13 hours and 20 minutes. "People said women couldn't swim the channel," Ederle Press in a 2001 interview marking the 75th anniversary of her feat (CBS News)
First woman to swim across English Channel has died Nov 30, 2003
Yet her time for the crossing stood until 1950, when Florence Chadwick swam 23 miles in 13 hours and 20 minutes. Copyright 2003 Associated Press (WBAY, WI)
First Channel swimmer dies Nov 30, 2003
Yet her time for the crossing stood for 24 years before it was broken in 1950 by Florence Chadwick, who negotiated 37km in 13hr 20min. Ederle had spent the last several years living at the Christian Health Care Centre in Wyckoff, New Jersey, about 40km northwest of New York City (NEWS.com.au, Australia)
