to George Button, a businessman, and his wife Evelyn. Young Dick was given his first pair of skates aged 11 and went on to attend a skating school in Lake Placid, New York. After he won the men ...

The men no longer competed in cardigans and tuxedo jackets; the jumps are now higher, faster and much more critical to a skater’s ranking. Dick Button, American skating’s most decorated star ...

One of figure skating's greatest legends has died. Dick Button, 95, the golden boy who began it all by revolutionizing the sport, passed away on January 31, 2025. Born Richard Totten Button ...

Peggy Fleming recalls 1961 plane crash that killed U.S. figure skating delegation. Sunday, she'll participate in show ...

The Ice Capades performed for seven nights at County Stadium in July 1953, the Milwaukee stadium's first year in operation.

On Mount Trebević above Sarajevo, a cement monolith snakes through wooded terrain – an elevated channel emblazoned with ...

Others who died in January include: figure skater Dick Button, French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, singer Wayne Osmond, former Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richards, former Greek prime ...

Bob Cousy of the Celtics scores 24 points before 2,368 fans in a 88-67 win. 1952 — Dick Button performs the first triple jump in a figure skating competition. 1953 — In college basketball’s longest ...

Bob Cousy of the Celtics scores 24 points before 2,368 fans in a 88-67 win. 1952 — Dick Button performs the first triple jump in a figure skating competition. 1953 — In college basketball’s longest ...

Dick Button, an Olympic champion figure skater who became one of the voices of the sport for decades, died Thursday at age 95 in North Salem, N.Y., his daughter told The Washington Post.

2018 — Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu becomes the first man to successfully defend his Olympic figure skating title since Dick Button in 1952. 2020 - 62nd Daytona 500: Denny Hamlin wins second straight title by ...