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Order Number	00055909
Title	Buster Crabbe and Mickey Riley
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 963; HE-002-601 4x5
Date	1931
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Notes	Photograph edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	Crabbe was a winning olympian who competed in both 1928 (bronze medalist for the 1,500 metres freestyle) and 1932 (gold medalist for the 400 metres freestyle). In the 1950s, he was a popular film and television actor, who portrayed such characters as Tarzan and Buck Rogers.
Description	Photo taken of U.S.C.'s Buster Crabbe, 220, 440, breast stroke (left), and Mickey Riley (originally known as Michael Galitzen), diving. Riley/Galitzen was the national outdoor 3-meter springboard and platform champion in 1928 and 1929, the indoor 1-meter springboard in 1929, 1931, and 1932, and the indoor 3-meter champion from 1929 through 1931. Representing the University of Southern California, he won the 3-meter springboard championship in 1931 and 1932. He won a silver medal in the 1928 Olympic springboard event and a bronze in the platform. In 1932 he won a gold in the springboard and a silver in the platform. Photograph dated March 25, 1931.
Subject	Crabbe, Buster,--1908-1983. Riley, Mickey. Diving--California--Los Angeles. Springboard diving--California--Los Angeles. Swimming--California--Los Angeles. Divers--United States. Television actors and actresses--United States. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Group portraits Portrait photographs
Coverage	1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection