MIKE TROY SIGNED SI SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 1960 ROME SUMMER OLYMPICS SWIMMIMG

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MIKE TROY AUTOGRAPHED SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE AUGUST 1, 1960.
I MET MIKE TROY AT HIS HOME 5 YEARS AGO AND HE SIGNED 4 SI's FOR ME.
THIS IS THE LAST OF THE 4. HE WAS NEVER AN EASY AUTOGRAPH.
DECEASED 2019.
SIGNED IN BLUE SHARPIE WITH THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS:
2 GOLD 1960
ROME OLYMPICS
WINNER PAYS SHIPPING.
Michael Francis Troy
(October 3, 1940 – August 3, 2019) was an American competitive
swimmer
, a two-time Olympic champion, and world record-holder in three events.
[1]
The peak of Troy's swimming career occurred between 1959 and 1960 while he was coached by
Doc Counsilman
of the
Indiana Hoosiers
swimming and diving team at
Indiana University
. At the
1960 Summer Olympics
in Rome, he won his first gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the
men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay
. Individually, he won a second gold with his first-place finish in the
men's 200-meter butterfly
—his signature event.
[1]
Troy broke the world record in the 200-meter butterfly six consecutive times before it was taken over by fellow American swimmer
Carl Robie
in 1961. In 1971 he was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame
.
[2]
After college, Troy became a U.S. naval officer and completed
Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs
(BUD/S) training. He was recommended for the
Silver Star
award for his combat service during the
Vietnam War
.
[3]
After leaving military service Troy settled in the
San Diego
area where he worked as a real estate agent and swimming coach.
[1]
His trainees included
Mike Stamm
.
[2]
At the time of his death in 2019 Troy was co-owner of the Gold Medal Swim School in
Chandler, Arizona
, with two time Olympic coach Mike Walker.
[4]
Troy served as Chairman of the International Section of the Olympic Committee and Vice President of the American Swimming Coaches Association. Troy was the National Director of the USA Paralympic Swimming Team. He accompanied the team to Athens, Greece in September 2004 where the U.S. Paralympic team won numerous medals.
[5]
Troy died on August 3, 2019 in
Arizona
at the age of 78.
[6]