Outrigger Canoe Club Swimming 1908-1940
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Josephine Hopkins
Josephine Hopkins was the Outrigger Canoe Club's first woman swimmer. She was recruited by Dad Center in 1916.
Hui Nalu Swim Champions 1913
Duke Kahanamoku, center, front, was a member of the championship Hui Nalu swim team in 1913. His teammates included, front, W. T. Rawlins (manager), Duke and E. K. Miller (captain). Back: W. H. D. King, Lukela Kaupiko, Dan Keawemahi, Hiram Kahele, Curtis Hustace and Fred Wilhelm. Duke joined the Outrigger Canoe Club in 1917.
Healani Swim Team 1915
Healani winning swim team in 1915. Not identified.
Perry McGillivray 1916
Perry McGillivray autographed this photo to Duke Kahanamoku in 1916. They were on the U.S. Silver Medal 4x200 meter freestyle relay team together at the 1912 Olympic Games. In the 1920 Olympic Games they won a Gold Medal for the same event. Perry competed for the Illinois Athletic Club.
Arthur Raithel 1916
Arthur Raithel autographed this photo for Duke Kahanamoku in 1916. He was a member of the Illinois Athletic Club swim team and the national 500 yard freestyle champion.
Labor Day Relay 9-5-1916 Healani Winners
Healani's swim team won the Labor Day swimming relay on September 5, 1916. The swimmers included Ah Kin Yee, John Kealoha, John Kelii, Lawrence Cunha, George Cunha, F. Cunha and Harold Kruger.
Healani Swimmers c 1917
Winning the Labor Day swim meet in Honolulu Harbor were, front: George Cunha, Lawrence Cunha and Harold "Stubby" Kruger. Middle: John Kelii, Frank Cunha, John Kealoha and Ah Kin Yee. Back row not identified.
Outrigger Canoe Club Relay Team 1919
Outrigger Canoe Club's men's swimming team won the 600-yard relay event in the Fall Swimming Meet in Honolulu Harbor on November 1, 3 and 4, 1919. They were the first senior relay team of the Club to win in an open event. Front: H. Harvey, F. Turner and A. E. "Toots" Minviielle. Back: A. G. Harris. W. W. Harris Jr. and A. Makinney.
Swimmers Arrive in Hawaii 1919
Hawaii swimmers, led by George "Dad" Center greeted swimmers from the mainland as they arrived for a swim meet in Hawaii in October 1919. Front left: Dad Center. Middle: Norman Ross, Stubby Kruger, Franco Cowles Schroth, Bea Dowsett, Bill Bachrach, Illinois Athletic Club Coach; Ludy Langer, unknown.
Visiting swimmers 1919
Norman Ross, Harold "Stubby" Kruger, Frances Cowles Schroth, George Schroth, Illinois Athletic Club Coach Bill Bachrach.
1920s Swimmers at OCC
Swimmers from Hawaii and the Mainland gathered at the Outrigger Canoe Club during a swim meet in the '20s. Seated: Sam Kahanamoku, Pua Kealoha, Lily Bowmer, Splash Lyons, Freckles Lyons. Middle Row: Louis Kahanamoku, Norman Ross, unidentified, Sargent Kahanamoku, Charlie Amalu, Bill Touch, John D. Kaupiko, Bernard Richards, Bill Kahanamoku, unidentified, unidentified, Fred "Boy" Paoa, unidentified, Pete Desjardine, unidentified. Back Row: Buddy Crabbe, unidentified, Buster Crabbe, Wilfred Paul, Henry Luning, unidentified, Art Woolaway, unidentified, unidentified, Corney Cornwell, unidentified, Babe Carter, George Perry, Fred Steere.
Outrigger Canoe Club Relay Team 1919
Outrigger Canoe Club Six-Man Relay team, 60 yards each, 3:15.8. Front: A. Gay Harris, Duke Kahanamoku, J. O'Dowd. Back: A.E. "Toots" Minvielle, W. W. Harris Jr., and F. Turner
Outrigger Canoe Club Relay Team 1919
Outrigger Canoe Club's girls 400-yard relay team won their event in the 1st AAU Swim Meet held in Hawaii, at Kuhio Wharf, Hilo. The girls are Bea Dowsett, Gerd Hjorth, Ruth Scudder, and Josephine Hopkins.
OCC Swimmer Josephine Hopkins 1919
OCC Swimmer Blanche Fernandez 1919
OCC Swimmer Beatrice Dowsett 1919
OCC swimmer Blanche Fernandez 1919
Hawaii Olympic Swimmers 1920
Enjoying the Outrigger Canoe Club were 1920 Hawaii Olympic swimmers Ludy Langer, Helen Moses, Duke Kahanamoku, Coach Dad Center, Warren Kealoha, Pua Kealoha, and Bill Harris. Not pictured: Harold Kruger.
Swimmers 1920
Hawaii's Olympic swimmers take a break on the Outrigger Canoe Club beach. Front: Bill Harris Jr., Helen Moses, Pua Kealoha. Back: Warren Kealoha, Ludy Langer, Duke Kahanamoku and Coach Dad Center. Not pictured: Harold Kruger.
Outrigger Canoe Club Swimmers 1920
Babe Dowsett, Beatrice Dowsett, Dad Center, and Helen Martin.
Outrigger Canoe Club Swim Team 1921
Outrigger Canoe Club 200 yard Girl's Relay Team. They were the winners of Yale-Hawaii Tank Meet, July 29, 1921, Time: 2:1 2/5 sec. E. Cassidy, Mariechen Wehselau, Coach Dad Center, Helen Moses, and Ruth Scudder.
Outrigger Canoe Club 1921
The Outrigger Canoe CLub's 200-yard Men's Relay team won the Yale-Hawaii tank meet on July 29, 1921: W. W. (Bill) Harris Jr., F. Turner, Dad Center, Gay Harris, Duke Kahanamoku.
Outrigger Canoe Club Swimmers 1921
Outrigger Canoe Club's women swimmers in 1921 were Helen Moses, Estrelle Cassidy, Mariechen Wehselau, Dorothy Waters, Lillie Bowmer, and Christine Smoot.
Outrigger Canoe Club Swimmers 1921
Outrigger Canoe Club swimmers gather around Coach George "Dad" Center. Swimmers not identified.
Outrigger Canoe Club Relay Team 1921
Members of the winning Outrigger Canoe Club 600-yard relay team in the Yale-Hawaii Swimming Meeting, August 1, 1921 in a time of 5:53 3/4 were W. W. Harris Jr., Gay Harris, C. Meyer, Coach Dad Center, A. E. "Toots" Minvielle, F. L. Turner and Duke Kahanamoku.
Yale-Hawaii Swim Meet 1921
Outrigger Canoe Club's won the 400-yard women's relay team on July 30, 1921 at the Yale-Hawaii Swimming Meet in Honolulu Harbor. The time was 4:45 3/5 seconds. The team included Lillie Bowmer, E. Cassidy, Ruth Scudder and Helen Moses.
Outrigger Canoe Club Swimmers 1922
Outrigger Canoe Club women swimmers in 1922: Mariechen Wehselau, Josephine Hopkins, Christine Smoot, Helen Ellis, Lillie Bowmer.
Outrigger Canoe Club Swimmers c1922
Outrigger Canoe Club women swimmers gather on the Club's beach volleyball court for this photo. Front: Alice Baylish, Dolly Mooney, unknown. Back: Unknown, Harriet Carter, Gerd Hjorth, Josephine Hopkins, Erma Tarleton, unknown, Ethel Marston, Mariechen Wehselau, Mrs Wright, chaperone.
1920s Mariechen Weheselau
Outrigger Canoe Club Olympian Mariechen "Squeaky" Wehselau shows her form on the starting block.
1920s Mariechen Wehselau
Outrigger Canoe Club Olympic swimmer Mariechen Wehselau.
1920s Mariechen Wehselau
Outrigger Canoe Club Olympic swimmer Mariechen Wehselau. She competed from 1921-1927 and earned an Olympic Gold Medal in the 400-Meter Freestyle Relay in the Paris Olympics in 1924. She also got a Silver Medal in the 100 Meter Freestyle.
Outrigger Canoe Club Swim Team c1922
George "Dad" Center, right, and his Outrigger Canoe Club swim team, circa 1922. They are pictured on the OCC sand volleyball courts around an outrigger canoe.
"Dad" Center's Swimmers c1922
Outrigger Canoe Club swimming coach George "Dad" Center, right, in front of Duke Kahanamoku's surfboard, was photographed with the boys and girls he trained as swimmers, including some who went to the Olympics.
Welcoming Buster Crabbe 1930
On hand to greet "Buster" Crabbe when he returned home for the annual National AAU outdoor championships at the War Memorial Natatorium in July 1930, were, front: Mickey Riley, Roy Craw, Harold Smith, Sargent Kahanamoku and George Harris. Back: Harold Smith, Buster Crabbe, Fred Paoa, Louis Kahanamoku, George Perry, John Riley and Richard Gunther.
Swimming 1931
The American swimming team stopped in Hawaii en route to Japan on July 15, 1931 before the 1932 Olympics. The team included Ted Wiget, Carleton Leedy, Jimmy Gilhula, Dick Deqener, John Schneider, Buster Crabbe (Outrigger member), Lloyd Osborne (Outrigger member), John Howland, George Fissler, Donald Horn, Maiola Kalili, DeLaney Kiphuth (mascot) and Manuella Kalili. The coach is Bob Kiphuth of Yale. Crabbe won a gold in the 400-meter freestyle in the 1932 Games. Osborne dropped out of swimming after the trip and joined the Navy. Both later became elite masters swimmers.
1910s Gertrude Hiorth
Outrigger Canoe Club swimmer.
1910s Werner "Mouse" Smith
Outrigger Canoe Club swimmer.
1928 Lillie Bowmer
Outrigger Canoe Club swimmer Lillie Bowmer (Mackenzie).
1920s Sam Kahanamoku
Outrigger Canoe Club swimmer Sam Kanamoku.