Frank McKinney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank McKinney

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, bank executive

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1938

Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1992

Profession: banker, swimmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Frank McKinney

  • Frank Edward McKinney Jr.
  • (November 3, 1938 – September 11, 1992) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
  • He later became a prominent executive in the American banking industry, but died in a mid-air collision of two aircraft. McKinney was the son of Frank E.
  • McKinney, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a former owner of the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • He was the youngest member of a U.S.
  • national swim team that set a world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 1955 Pan American Games.
  • At the Pan American Games, the 16-year-old high school student also won a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he did the most to introduce modern backstroke techniques.
  • Following Yoshi Oyakawa as the premier U.S.
  • backstroker, McKinney was the pioneer of the modern bent-arm backstrokers, even as Oyakawa had been the last of the straight-arm school.
  • McKinney was the leader of a remarkable group of teenagers who won the U.S.
  • Nationals for the Indianapolis Athletic Club alongside Mike Troy, Bill Barton, Bill Cass and Alan Somers.
  • Later, they would all swim for the Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team under coach Doc Counsilman at Indiana University. McKinney captured a bronze medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and then entered Indiana University. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, he received a silver medal for his second-place finish in the men's 100-meter backstroke.
  • He also won a gold medal by swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the first-place U.S.
  • team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay.McKinney retired from competition after graduating from Indiana University in 1961, and went into banking.
  • He was the president of Bank One of Indiana (previously American Fletcher National Bank), headquartered in Indianapolis when he died, aged 53, in a mid-air collision between two aircraft in 1992.
  • As part of the merger, he also became president of the Columbus, Ohio-based parent company, Banc One Corporation, while still serving as the chief executive officer of the Indiana subsidiary.
  • McKinney was traveling to Columbus, Ohio, with 3 other civic leaders, who were also killed along with the pilots of both aircraft.
  • He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

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