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John Herbert Higgins (May 8 1916 – August 1 2004) was an American competition swimmer and swimming coach. He competed during the transition time when breaststroke swimmers were allowed to combine and swimming the butterfly arm stroke with the usual frog kick. Using this technique he finished fourth at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 200 m and set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke event in 1935 and 1936.