Boy Charlton

Andrew Murray "Boy" Charlton was an Australian freestyle swimmer born on 12 August 1907 in Crows Nest, Sydney, and died on 10 December 1975. He gained his nickname by first drawing attention as a young boy in 1921 and became a sensation in the 1920s by beating visiting stars such as Arne Borg and matching Borg's world record in the 440 yard freestyle at sixteen. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris he won gold in the 1500 metre freestyle, defeating Borg by about forty metres, and he took further silver and bronze medals across three Olympics. In his career he set five world records and became one of the best known Australian sportsmen of his era.