Hobie Billingsley

Hobie Billingsley (June 23, 1927 – July 16, 2022) was an American diving champion. He was honored at the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was best known for coaching the U.S. Swim Team in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. 

Billingsley published the second edition of his Diving Illustrated. Billingsley was one of only six diving coaches mentioned in the American Red Cross's Swimming and Water Safety [WSI Manual, 2004]; in the chapter on the history of the sport.

In July 2018, Billingsley was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis and hospitalized. He died from the disease on July 16, 2022 in Bloomington, Indiana at the age of 95.Legendary IU diving coach Hobie Billingsley has passed away

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Other websites
HOBIE BILLINGSLEY  (USA) 1983 Honor Coach/Diver . International Swimming Hall of Fame
IOC 1996 Summer Olympics
 Indiana Hoosiers 

Category:1927 births
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Category:American divers
Category:Sportspeople from Indiana
Category:People from Bloomington, Indiana
Category:Deaths from myasthenia gravis
Category:Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
Category:People from Erie, Pennsylvania