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Variants
- Wettstone, Gene
- Wettstein, Eugene
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1913-07-15
Death Date
- 2013-07-30
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1939
- Affiliation End: 1976
- Source: New York times (online), viewed Aug. 5, 2013
- Organization: Pennsylvania State University
Birth Place
- West Hoboken, N.J.
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Gymnastics coach
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Sources
- found: U. S. Gymnastics Safety Assn. Gymnastics safety manual, c1977 (a.e.)t.p. (Eugene Wettstone)
- found: Eugene Wettstone papers, 1920-1997(Eugene Wettstone; Gene Wettstone; b. 1913; gymnast, gymnastics coach)
- found: New York times (online), viewed Aug. 5, 2013(in obituary published Aug. 2: Gene Wettstone; b. Eugene Wettstein, July 15, 1913, West Hoboken, N.J. (now a neighborhood of Union City), to Swiss immigrants; Americanized his surname because he thought having a Jewish-sounding name, even though he was not Jewish, would make it more difficult to find a job at a time when anti-Semitism was rife; d. Tuesday [July 30, 2013], State College, Pa., aged 100; gymnastics coach who led Penn State University to a record nine N.C.A.A. championships in the sport, coached the United States men's teams in the 1948 and 1956 Olympic Games, and successfully promoted gymnastics on a campus better known for football)
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Change Notes
- 1978-01-12: new
- 2023-09-07: revised
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