Dick Button, America's first Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, is dead, and the legend's passing comes on what was already a dark day for the sport.
Soulja Boy Says He's Suing Bhad Bhabie for $10 Million After Alabama Barker Claim, America's first Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, is dead, and the legend's passing comes on what was already a dark day for the sport.
Perhaps no one in history's had more of an impact on U.S. figure skating than DB, who first dominated as a competitor in the 1940s and 1950s ... and then became a longtime broadcaster covering the sport around the world.Dick almost literally put America on the figure skating map -- at a time when European countries dominated -- when he won his first of 5 consecutive world figure skating titles in 1948. That was also the year he won his first gold medal, at the age of 18.
After that Dick went pro ... scoring a massive $150,000 contract with the Ice Capades. Might not sound like much now, but it made him one of the world's highest paid athletes -- and then, in 1960, he started a legendary career in broadcasting.
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