Jack Sieg

{{Short description|American swimmer (1914–1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | full_name = | nickname = | nationality = | national_team = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|12|10}} | birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|12|21|1914|12|10}} | death_place = Oklahoma, United States | height =  | weight =  | spouse = | website = | strokes = | classification = | club = University of Iowa | collegeteam = | coach = | medaltemplates = }}

'''Jack George Sieg''' (December 10, 1914 – December 21, 1968) was an American swimmer who used the butterfly stroke in 1935,<ref>Matthew Syed: [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4526551.ece Matthew Syed: Claim that Michael Phelps will be the greatest is diminished by IOC excesses]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, August 14, 2008 (The Times (London)).</ref> developed by his coach Dave Armbruster.<ref>[http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1934/di1934-03-08.pdf Armbruster Enters 14 Men in Big Ten Tank Meet (p. 6/10)], March 8, 1934. [http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1936/di1936-03-21.pdf All Iowa Behind Them (p. 4/8); Eight Old Swimmers Embark Tomorrow for National Tank Meet (p. 6/8); Allen Likes Fielhouse Pool; Brings Bob Christians With Him to Enroll (p. 7/8)], March 21, 1936. [http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1937/di1937-10-13.pdf Iowa Mermen in Triangular Meet (p. 7/8)], October 13, 1937 (The Daily Iowan).</ref> He competed for the University of Iowa<ref>[http://h2g2.com/approved_entry/A14138147 How to Swim the Butterfly], Nov 14, 2006 (h2g2).</ref> and first used the stroke in a breaststroke leg of a medley relay February 25, 1935.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ahQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5yEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4768,5383253&dq=jack+sieg&hl=en Badgers beaten in Swim Meet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312042341/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ahQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5yEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4768,5383253&dq=jack+sieg&hl=en |date=March 12, 2016 }}, February 26, 1935: “for the first time in competition Monday” (The Milwaukee Journal).</ref>

==See also== *History of swimming

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sieg, Jack}} Category:1914 births Category:1968 deaths Category:American male butterfly swimmers Category:American male breaststroke swimmers Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Sportspeople from Kansas City, Missouri Category:University of Iowa alumni