A century ago, before he became the most famous cinematic Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller was the world’s greatest swimmer. Provided the 20-year-old could meet expectations at the 1924 Paris Olympics, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1924, a 20-year-old Chicagoan fibbed his way into the Olympics and won three gold medals at the swimming competition in Paris. Johnny Weissmuller said he ...

Johnny Weissmuller was really famous. He was so famous, he was pictured on the album cover of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” right behind and between Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning Olympic gold medals for the United States — there was Tarzan. Yes Tarzan, the fictional literary and film character who was raised by apes in the ...

Let's say you're in the jungle being attacked by alligators or shot at by bad guys, and Jungle Jim happens to walk by. He doesn't know you from Adam, but he will instantly run or swim to you, gators ...

In 1958, while on a golfing holiday in Cuba, Johnny Weissmuller ran into a serious problem. A group of rebel soldiers involved in the Cuban Revolution who were threatening to kidnap him and his US ...

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