Eleanor Coleman

Coleman was born in Chicago and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[2] the daughter of Charles Lemuel Coleman and Nellie May Emerson Coleman. Both of her parents were born in Illinois; her father was a traveling salesman.[3]

Coleman competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4] For three years she held a world's record in the women's breaststroke.[5][6][7] Later in life, she gave swimming demonstrations,[8] and was a Red Cross examiner for lifesaving.[9] Beyond the pool, she was a sports writer and editor at the Wisconsin News.[10] She also had a newspaper column and hosted a weekly radio show, both on women's health and fitness.[11][12] She was appointed promotional chair for the American Red Cross in Brown County in 1939.[13]

In 1927, she married Marquette University and Green Bay Packers football player, and later Congressman, LaVern Dilweg.[1][14] The Dilwegs had four children. Her husband died in 1968,[15] and she died in 1978, aged 73 years, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[16][17] Her son Gary Dilweg served in the Wisconsin state legislature. Her grandson Anthony Dilweg played football at Duke University, and later with the Green Bay Packers.[10]

• Eleanor Coleman at Olympedia