Celebrate ISHOF and 100 Years of
Swimming History in Fort Lauderdale.

 

Join Us For ISHOF's Biggest Celebration Ever.

 

The 47^th International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) Induction Dinner will be part of the City of Fort Lauderdale's Centennial Celebration to Celebrate Fort Lauderdale's Famous Beach and Swimming & Diving Heritage. Other events include a Swimming Community Outreach effort in the Tri-County area to promote Water Safety for Families in South Florida, the AT&T/USA Diving Grand Prix, a 10K Open Water Race, and a Guinness World Record dive attempt into 12" of water by Professor Splash and a Cultural Festival to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month. Read more...

Water Polo and Basketball Legend 
 Cesare Rubini of Italy dies at 87

 

Rubini held the distinct and unparalleled honor of being inducted into two international Halls of Fame in two sports that could not be farther apart except for one common thread - the size of your hands.  Water polo and basketball - two sports where the ability to palm and control the ball is an advantage to winning games.  Whether in or out of the water, he was a winner of games and hearts.  His involvement and influence went far beyond the depth of the water or the length of the court. 

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Fred M. Kirby II, a long-time friend and supporter who served as both a Director and Trustee of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and who was the 1986 recipient of ISHOF's Gold Medallion, has passed away on February 8th, at the age of 91.

Kirby, was three sport varsity athlete at Lafayette College in swimming, wrestling and was a star on the school's last undefeated football team. After graduation he served in the Navy during WWII, then attended Harvard Business School and went to work for a chemical company before succeeding his father as president of Alleghany, an insurance and investment company that produced a 15 percent annualized return for shareholders from the time he took the helm of the company in 1967 until he retired from the board in 2007 at the age of 88. Read more...