Boy Charlton

Tags: Swimmer.

Andrew Murray Charlton (12 August 1907 – 10 December 1975) known popularly as Boy Charlton was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1920s and 1930s who won a gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He set five world records and also won a further three silver and one bronze medal in his Olympic career.

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height (cm)

1.83

birth date

1907-08-12

birth place

Crows Nest New South Wales, North Sydney New South Wales, Australia

death date

1975-12-10

death place

Sydney, Australia, Avalon Beach New South Wales