| LC control no. | n 2017026610 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kiefer, Adolph, 1918-2017 |
| Variant(s) | Kiefer, Sonny Boy, 1918-2017 |
| Birth date | 1918-06-27 |
| Death date | 2017-05-05 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Wadsworth (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Swimming |
| Affiliation | Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) |
| Profession or occupation | Swimmers Olympic athletes |
| Found in | LCCN 51011782: Learning to swim in 12 easy steps, 1951 (heading: Kiefer, Adolph, 1918 or 1919- ; usage: Adolph Kiefer) New York times WWW site, viewed May 9, 2017 (in obituary published May 5: Adolph Kiefer; b. Adolph Gustav Kiefer, June 27, 1918, Chicago; widely known as Sonny Boy Kiefer; d. Friday [May 5, 2017], Wadsworth, Ill., aged 98; celebrated swimming champion who won gold as a teenager at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and might well have become one of America's greatest Olympic champions if World War II had not intervened) |
| Associated language | eng |
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