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8 Sports Illustrated Autographed by Olympic Skaters, Skiers and Swimmers.
Lot 230. 8 Sports Illustrated Autographed by Olympic Skaters, Skiers and Swimmers. These complete issues average vg- ex to ex with mailing labels. The signatures are 10s, nicely placed to stand out boldly on the magazine covers. Carol Heiss, on the Feb. 7, 1955 cover, represents the world of Olympic skating. Heiss dominated U.S. figure skating 1956-60. She held the world championship during these five years, the North American championship in 1957 and 1958, and the U.S. championship 1957-60. She settled for the silver medal at the 1956 Olympics and then captured the gold in 1960. Jill Kinmont Boothe, Jan. 31, 1955, was considered to have a shot at a medal at the 1956 Olympics until she was paralyzed from the neck down in a skiing accident the week she appeared on the SI cover. At that time, she was the U.S. slalom champion. Subsequently she became a teacher and painter, and her life is the subject of the 1975 movie “The Other Side of the Mountain.” Ralph Miller, Feb. 6, 1956. In 1955, he set the speed skiing record of 109.14 mph. Al Wiggins, April 2, 1956, won five AAU national titles and various swimming championships at Ohio State 1955-57. He set world records in the 100-yard and 100-meter butterfly. Jeanne Stunyo, Aug. 6, 1956, earned a silver medal on the three-meter springboard at the 1956 Olympics. Chris von Saltza was a champion swimmer when she appeared on the cover of the July 21, 1958 SI at the age of 14. Two years later in Melbourne, she won three Olympics gold medals: 400-meter freestyle, 4 x 100-meter freestyle and 4 x 100-meter medley) and silver (100-meter freestyle). She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1966. Becky Collins, July 13, 1959, one of few pre-college athletes to appear on an SI cover. Carin Cone, April 18, 1960, set seven world records in the backstroke. She captured a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the Olympics in 1956 and two gold medals in the Pan American Games in 1959. Authenticated by Kevin Keating.
Winning Bid $75.
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