John Meyers
John Meyers was born on June 28, 1880. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About John Meyers
Edward John Meyers (June 28, 1880 – February 1975) was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player for the Missouri Athletic Club who won a bronze medal for the U.S. in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Meyers trained and competed with the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC). Alex Meffert was the club's swimming director, and coached and trained the swimmers and water polo players who attended the 1904 Olympics. Meffert advocated the somewhat new, but now traditional crawl stroke, with the body aligned parallel to the bottom of the pool, and a single breath taken after a left and right arm stroke cycle, but generally advocated a single two-beat kick per stroke cycle. While he worked with the members of the New York Athletic Club before the Olympics in July and part of August, 1904, the Missouri Club was trained by Assistant Coach and Instructor Pete Rodgers, and team Captain Billy Orthwein, a Yale graduate and future lawyer. Meffert had been the regular coach, and returned to train the Missouri club's swimmers and water polo players in late August, 1904.