Clarke Currie Scholes (November 25, 1930 – February 5, 2010) was an American competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and Olympic champion. Scholes was awarded the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in Helsinki, Finland. His posted time of 57.4 seconds for the event matched that of fellow competitor Hiroshi Suzuki of Japan. Officials used a judge's decision and awarded Scholes the gold medal. He also won gold medals in the 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter medley relay at the

1955 Pan American Games The 1955 Pan American Games opened on March 12, 1955, in the University Stadium (now Olympic Stadium) in Mexico City, Mexico, in front of a capacity crowd of 100,000 spectators. A total number of 2,583 athletes from 22 nations marched in review ...

. In 1948, as a

Redford High School Redford High School was a secondary school in Detroit, Michigan. A part of Detroit Public Schools, the school opened in September 1921 and ceased operations in June 2007. Staffed and operated by the Detroit Public Schools; Redford High School ser ...

senior, Scholes won Detroit City League titles in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle. He attended

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, and swam for the

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swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) competition. While under the direction of coach Charles McCaffree, Clarke was transformed into a five-time All-American and three-time NCAA champion in the 100-yard freestyle. Scholes was inducted into the

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in 1980. He was part of the inaugural class of thirty inductees into the Michigan State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, and he was inducted into the

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in 2008.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scholes, Clarke 1930 births 2010 deaths American male freestyle swimmers Michigan State Spartans men's swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Swimmers from Detroit Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games Redford High School alumni

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