Adolph Kiefer

Sport: Swimming (1939)
Inducted: 1982
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.

• First man to swim 100-yard backstroke in less than one minute
• 1939 All-American
• Led UT to 1939 SWC championship
• Won gold medal in 1936 Olympic Games, setting a world record in 100-meter backstroke
• Member of International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Among first instructors of Navy scuba divers during WWII and helped prepare Navy handbook on survival swimming
• Named to President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports