formerpartner death_date birth_date article_title name
edith secord gertrude meredith marjorie parker katherine durbrow 10 march 1956 21 may 1879 joseph savage
 joseph savage
joseph savage

joseph knebel savage -lrb- born may 21 , 1879 in new york , new york ; died march 10 , 1956 in asbury park , new jersey -rrb- was an american figure skater who competed in pairs and ice dance .
teamed with edith secord , he won the bronze medal in pairs at the united states figure skating championships in 1929 and 1930 and finished eighth at the 1930 world figure skating championships .
he then teamed with gertrude meredith , capturing two more bronze medals at the u.s. championships in 1932 and 1933 and finishing seventh out of seven pairs at the 1932 winter olympic games -lrb- when savage was 52 years old -rrb- .
savage later switched disciplines to ice dance and teamed with marjorie parker to win the first official united states championship in 1936 .
after he and parker won a silver medal at the 1937 nationals , he joined forces with partner katherine durbrow to win another silver in 1938 .
the following year , he and nettie prantell finished second at the u.s. championships .
he later re-teamed with parker , and the duo won a silver medal at the 1943 nationals , at which time savage was 63 .
savage was also an administrator in several figure skating organizations .
away from the ice , he was an attorney .
