Richard Stearns (sailor) explained
| Richard Stearns |
| Full Name: | Richard Irving Stearns III |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | September 4, 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Delavan, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Classes: | Star |
| Club: | Shore & Chicago Yacht Clubs |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Richard Irving "Dick" Stearns, III (September 4, 1927 - January 25, 2022) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic and Pan American Games medalist.
Biography
Stearns was born in Evanston, Illinois. In 1963, he won a gold medal along with Robert Halperin at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, sailing Ninotchka.[2] [3] He also started the company Lands' End, in the Spring of 1963, with Halperin, Halperin's close friend Gary Comer, and two of Stearns' employees.[4] He won a silver medal in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Lynn Williams.[5]
Notes and References
- https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2022/01/28/eight-bells-richard-dick-stearns/ Richard Stearns' obituary
- Book: Day by day in Jewish sports history . KTAV Publishing House, Inc. . 2008 . Bob Wechsler . 978-0-88125-969-8 . July 11, 2011.
- News: Following the Fleet . https://archive.today/20120713220818/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/633488992.html?dids=633488992:633488992&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+05,+1963&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Following+the+Fleet&pqatl=google . dead . July 13, 2012 . Chicago Tribune . May 5, 1963 . July 12, 2011.
- Web site: American National Business Hall of Fame . Anbhf.org . July 12, 2011.
- Dick Stearns . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115756/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/dick-stearns-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . March 5, 2011.
