fullname death_date club death_place birth_place birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
william white harris , jr. . 7 march 1961 outrigger canoe club honolulu , hawaii honolulu , hawaii 26 october 1897 bill harris -lrb- swimmer -rrb-
 freestyle bill harris `` bill ''
bill harris -lrb- swimmer -rrb-

william white harris , jr. -lrb- october 26 , 1897 -- march 7 , 1961 -rrb- was an american competition swimmer who represented the united states at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp , belgium .
harris competed in the men 's 100-meter freestyle , advanced to the final , and received the bronze medal for his third-place finish in 1:03.0 .
he also swam in the men 's 400-meter freestyle ; he advanced to the event semifinal and posted a time of 5:36.0 .
