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Dick Button

Chronology



1929 Born July 18 to George and Evelyn (Bunn Totten) Button in Englewood, New Jersey
1941 Begins taking figure skating lessons
1952 Receives B.A. from Harvard University
1956 Receives law degree from Harvard University
1962 Begins appearing on ABC's Wide World of Sports
1973 Marries Slavka Kohout on March 10
1984 Divorces Kohout
2001 Recovers from head injury received while skating

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Famous Sports StarsFigure SkatingDick Button Biography - Sixteen-year-old U.s. Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, Sportscaster And Producer