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Spring 1976 found Gary Hall so bogged down in studies at the University of Cincinnati Medical School he barely had enough time to spend with his wife Mary and their infant son, much less attend regular workouts with the Cincinnati Pepsi Marlins Swim Club. After two trips to the Olympics and seven NCAA titles, the individual medley specialist had enough memories to last ten swimmers a lifetime. He was ready to retire...
Always a team man, Hall cites a relay win in his final NCAA Championship meet as the pinnacle of a much-heralded college swim career...
After giving up competition following the 1976 Olympics, Hall joined a squad of former swimmers representing Arena Swim Wear, a subsidiary of Adidas...
After several years experimenting--often unsuccessfully--with the lucrative acting and endorsement opportunities awaiting him upon return from Munich in 1972, Mark Spitz, the celebrated swim star of the 20th Olympiad, decided to try his hand in business. While not yet approaching a par with his swimming achievements, the Californian is doing just fine as head of his own SUMARK Corporation...
...have received some 500 offers to lend his name to products after the Olympics, Spitz has phased out most of his work in endorsements. The bulk of the time he spends away from wife, Susan, and SUMARK, which is named for the two of them, involves traveling for Elton Swim Products, Arena Swim Wear, or doing color commentary for ABC broadcasts of major swim meets...