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Title
Mickey Riley in Palm Springs
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Olympic diver Mickey Riley (originally known as Michael Galitzen) with a hawk in one hand and a golf club in another at a golf course in Palm Springs. Riley/Galitzen was the national outdoor 3-meter springboard and platform champion in 1928 and 1929, the indoor 1-meter springboard in 1929, 1931, and 1932, and the indoor 3-meter champion from 1929 through 1931. Representing the University of Southern California, he won the 3-meter springboard championship in 1931 and 1932. He won a silver medal in the 1928 Olympic springboard event and a bronze in the platform. In 1932 he won a gold in the springboard and a silver in the platform.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00056754
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Portraits-Riley, Mickey; S-007-648 4x5
CARL0000064089
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/104995
Subject
Riley, Mickey
Divers--United States
Olympic athletes--United States
Golf courses--California--Palm Springs
Golf--California--Palm Springs
Hawks--California--Palm Springs
Palm Springs (Calif.)

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