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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Help with a fallen Swimmer</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/7517/help-with-a-fallen-swimmer</link><description>Hi Everybody,
 
A dear friend of mine, Norm Allish, passed away on 12 December. In his youth, he was a champion Canadian swimmer (prior to WWII) and was awarded a &amp;quot;Wrigley Cup&amp;quot; (pdf photos attached of Norm and his team). I guess that he was in his teens</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Help with a fallen Swimmer</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/113968?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:37:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6c76f7ba-e0e1-4a51-a63c-75382551a63d</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Jordan and Marion Wolle (San Diego Swim Masters and Las Cruces residents) asked about the Wrigley Cup. If someone on this forum knows anything about the cup, could you please write to me.


Just guessing here, but the original Catalina swims (Catalina Island to the mainland) were sponsored by Wrigley (of chewing gum fame), so perhaps it is related to that.

LATER: Google to the rescue:
&lt;a href="http://www.swimalberta.ca/year-round-swimmers/swimmer-awards-3.htm"&gt;www.swimalberta.ca/.../swimmer-awards-3.htm&lt;/a&gt;

Go a little over 1/2 way down the page and then look under 1937 and 1942.

-LBJ&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Help with a fallen Swimmer</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/114084?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:16:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:09d8e61b-87b7-4651-9912-d9e300aeb4db</guid><dc:creator>pdjang</dc:creator><description>Just guessing here, but the original Catalina swims (Catalina Island to the mainland) were sponsored by Wrigley (of chewing gum fame), so perhaps it is related to that.
 
LATER: Google to the rescue:
&lt;a href="http://www.swimalberta.ca/year-round-swimmers/swimmer-awards-3.htm"&gt;www.swimalberta.ca/.../swimmer-awards-3.htm&lt;/a&gt;
 
Go a little over 1/2 way down the page and then look under 1937 and 1942.
 
-LBJ
 
Dear Leonard,
 
Thank you so very much for finding this information. Please accept our thanks from his friends in Las Cruces and Truth or Consequences, NM. 
 
My google search did not turn up anything related and I appreciate your kind efforts. 
 
Sincerely,
Philipp&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>