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1. Anger, Frank
(Epee Fencing/Men\'s Epee)
...y for a year as a Fulbright Scholar before earning his doctorate in mathematics at Cornell. A world-class fencer, Frank captained the Cornell team, was a two-time All-American in epee and NCAA Fencer ...

2. Cetrulo, Dean
(Saber Fencing/Men\'s Saber)
...s Cetrulo spoke, he couldn’t help admiring the plaque that would forever immortalize him as a 23 year-old fencer dressed in his traditional white. “I’m so glad they got me at 23,” Cetrulo said. “Loo...

3. Zold, Dr. Francis
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
...usinessman's suit.         Francis Zold wears the suit of a champion fencer, and as USC fencing coach, tries to instill the same expertise in his athletes despite ...

4. Fish, Mrs. Stuyvesant
(Foil Fencing/Women\'s Foil)
...!” cried Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish to Mrs. Charles H. Voorhees as they faced each other yesterday at the Fencers’ Club, 320 East 53rd Street, of which they are both members.   Left arm...

5. Zimmermann, Felicia
(Foil Fencing/Women\'s Foil)
        Iris and Felicia Zimmermann and Ann Marsh

6. Shurtz, Skip
(Epee Fencing/Men\'s Epee)
... Pia Douglas, the founder of the Grand Canyon State Fencing Foundation.  Skip Shurtz has developed fencers who have won at every level ranging from Divisional to National, to World Cup Team an...

7. National or International by Michel Alaux
(Fencing History/Wise Words)
...he Nationals. However, it will not attest to our growth in quality. One cannot help but witness that our fencers’ technique is not following the upward trend. This is a matter of concern even ...

8. Fencing articles from 1902 by Edward Breck
(Fencing History/The AFLA / USFA)
.... Just as the noble, but impecunious D'Artagnan won his way to fame by his rapier alone, so the champion fencer of to-day is made with very moderate outlay. Folks, masks, gloves, jackets, and a good...

9. Burke, Jessica
(Epee Fencing/Women\'s Epee)
...cing team is one of a rare breed, however. Jessica Burke overcomes illness, hardships to become star fencer By Thomas Bassinger, Collegian Staff Writer   Not many athlet...

10. New York Turn-Verein 100th Anniversary
(Fencing History/The AFLA / USFA)
...competition and was the first winner of the president's medal in 1907. Most beloved of Turn-Verein fencers was John Allaire who, after thirty years of fencing at the Turn-Verein, represented th...

11. Stevens, Arlene
(Epee Fencing/Women\'s Epee)
...There were silly spandex pants to wear under oversized T-shirts. There was the embarrassment of losing to fencers who were better. ''It's scary going into something where you don't know a lot of...

12. Bradford, Vincent
(Foil Fencing/Women\'s Foil)
...omplished rider and competed in many state equestrian competitions. Also during that time , Vincent met a fencer - a friend of her riding instructor. "All I knew about fencing in t...

13. Borack, Carl
(Foil Fencing/Men\'s Foil)
...2. He has been a significant voice and influence in our sport over a period 30 years and even as a junior fencer had an impact on the “AFLA” by pioneering the way for future “official” Jr. World Teams...

  New York Athletic Club Stars: Charles G. Bothner, Rudolph Haubold & Georges Kavanagh New York Athletic Club Stars: Charles G. Bothner, Rudolph Haubold & Georges Kavanagh  

Illinois Athletic Club stars Alfred Ernest Sauer, Arthur G. Fox, James W. Knox in 1909 l to r Chicago Stars - Alfred Ernest Sauer, Arthur G. Fox, James W. Knox (Illinois Athle

16. O'Connor, Tatham, Nadal, Van Zo Post, 1891
(Fencing History/The AFLA / USFA)
...04, 2 OLYMPIC BRONZE medals 1904   Members of this great championship team from the New York Fencers' Club not only won Olympic medals and US titles but also helped to found the US Fenc...

17. Alessandroni, Hugh
(Foil Fencing/Men\'s Foil)
...time US foil champ Joe Levis as his adversary. He was second to Levis 3 times. Representing the New York Fencers Club, he won 7 team national championships, 6 with the foil and 1 with 3-weapon. This...

18. Bravin, Nick
(Foil Fencing/Men\'s Foil)
...nior. Five times as a senior and four times as a junior, Bravin was the nation’s No. 1 ranked fencer, earning him berths on myriad international teams - including four World Championship t...

19. O'Connor, Tatham, Nadal, Van Zo Post, 1891
(Saber Fencing/Men\'s Saber)
...04, 2 OLYMPIC BRONZE medals 1904   Members of this great championship team from the New York Fencers' Club not only won Olympic medals and US titles but also helped to found the US Fenc...

20. O'Connor, Tatham, Nadal, Van Zo Post, 1891
(Epee Fencing/Men\'s Epee)
...04, 2 OLYMPIC BRONZE medals 1904   Members of this great championship team from the New York Fencers' Club not only won Olympic medals and US titles but also helped to found the US Fencin...

Raw, unedited silent newsreel footage of the Thompson Trophy competition between US and UK fencers in 1926. Lt. Harold Van Buskirk fencing Maj. G. V. Dyer of British team. Closeup of Van Buskirk de

22. Petin, Michael
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
Michael Petin (coach at NY Fencers club) with Brendan Meyers at the '04 Jr.  World championships Michael Petin (coach at NY Fencers club) with Brendan Meyers at the '04 Jr. World championshi

23. Levis, Joe
(Foil Fencing/Men\'s Foil)
...ividual Olympic silver medalist in foil (1932); regarded as the finest accomplishment ever by an American fencer. Member, bronze medal-winning foil team (1932). Vice-president of the AFLA. His victory...

24. Blum, Robert
(Saber Fencing/Men\'s Saber)
...pies a special place in American fencing. Beginning his successful competitive career as an All-American fencer at Trinity College, Bob went on to capture national or international points in five d...

25. Presidents: 26 Kalle Weeks
(Fencing History/The AFLA / USFA)
...evised rating systems and alternative ways to provide additional and enhanced fencing opportunities for fencers at all levels. Kalle was the manager of the 2002 world team in Lisbon and a member of...

26. Krieger, Byron
(Foil Fencing/Men\'s Foil)
...1976, Michigan Jewish Hall of Fame 1986       Fencer Byron Krieger to Be Inducted in Sports Hall of Fame Detriot News, 1974 ...

27. Annavedder, Max
(Epee Fencing/Men\'s Epee)
... to California State University Long Beach, and wanted to be a writer. He loved fencing and was a B-rated fencer when he died. He fenced foil his first year. Then a teammate was sick and he switched t...

28. Santelli, Giorgio
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
...     From the 1948 Santelli Catalog: Celebrated as "the strongest sabre fencer in Europe," Professor Santelli, after having won the difficult Austrian, Hungarian...

29. Higgins, Eugene
(Epee Fencing/Men\'s Epee)
...ok Club, Tuxedo Club, University Club, Metropolitan Club, NewYork Yacht Club, Jekyll Island Club, NewYork Fencers' Club, the Saint Anthony Society, and the Sons of the American Revolution. ...

30. Veteran's Award to Keane
(Fencing History/The AFLA / USFA)
...in the Hungarian Outdoor Championships ; and in '67 he took the Pan Am gold medal. Jack will be the first fencer ever honored by the Veterans. "Mr. Niblick" Charlie Comiskey congratulate...

United States' foil fencers Dave Littel and Sharon Monplaisir at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. photo by Carl Borack United States' foil fencers Dave Littel and Sharon Mon

32. Pesthy, Paul
(Epee Fencing/Men\'s Epee)
...at daunting tasks he set himself to accomplish in his 70 years. Always a sportsman, Paul became a great fencer and Pentathlete whose athletic career spanned five decades. Paul was USFA/AFLA nationa...

33. Pesthy, Paul
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
...at daunting tasks he set himself to accomplish in his 70 years. Always a sportsman, Paul became a great fencer and Pentathlete whose athletic career spanned five decades. Paul was USFA/AFLA nationa...

34. Wolfe, Jeff
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
...eets.   Jeff Wolfe's W-L record at Brentwood was 388-14.   Eight of his fencers became collegiate All- Americans   Four represented the United States...

35. Fencing: The Sport For All Ages
(Fencing History/Wise Words)
...ng more. I prefer it here best of all because of the good coaching and all the good help from the older fencers." (When you're seventeen, everybody is older. Damrnit. ) If you've always ...

36. Littmann, Jane
(Epee Fencing/Women\'s Epee)
Jane Littmann - the first A rated women's epee fencer in the world. Jane Littmann - the first A rated women's epee fencer in the world.   Jane's epee accomplishments include

37. Uebel, Ferdinand
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
... started competitive fencing in the state of Minnesota.   He was the President of the Minnesota Fencers league going back to the 1920's, taught fencing at the University of Minnesota and was...

38. Thanks and Credits 25
(The Museum/Thanks and Credits)
... Rockville, Maryland has donated a vintage poster for Stride Rite Shoes that was shot at the old New York Fencers' Club on East 53rd Street.  (Lydon House) Brian Carberry, Olympic memorabi...

39. Striking Gold - Boston Globe 08/18/2004
(Saber Fencing/Women\'s Saber)
...unis not only won the first gold in a century, but she took home the first medal of any kind for the US fencers since the 1984 Los Angeles Games. And then to sweeten the pot, the bronze medal ...

40. Spotlight is on Alex Orban by Jack Keane
(Fencing History/Wise Words)
..." Spotlight is on Alex Orban by Jack Keane Two weeks after he had become the first American fencer ever to win a major European tournament, Alex Orban of the NYAC found himself fencing ...

41. Orban, Alex
(Saber Fencing/Men\'s Saber)
World Class Fencer Orban is a star. An international star. He can do everything that ever was intended to be done with a saber. And he probably can do it faster than anybody. He is generally ack

42. Vince, Marion Lloyd
(Foil Fencing/Women\'s Foil)
... a single point. She was runner-up for the national championship in 1929 to Mrs. Leon Schoonmaker of the Fencers ' Club in the fence-off for the national title last Spring. Miss Lloyd began fencing ...

43. Harutunian, Henry
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
... It's a sport that provides strength of character for one's entire life. For more than 30 years, Yale fencers with the will have been counting on Harutunian to hone the skill. "A ga...

44. Presidents: 18th Michel Mamlouk 1982 - 1984
(Fencing History/The AFLA / USFA)
...d to help the USA become dominant.  This included increasing the funds allocated to cadet and junior fencers for travel and sending paid coaches with athletes to competitions. The fruit of his ef...

45. Elthes, Csaba
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
...1912-1995) Hungarian born coach, emigrated to the U.S. in 1958. Coach of the N.Y. Athletic Club and N.Y. Fencers Club. His pupils included Peter Westbrook and Alex Orban. Coach, U.S. Olympic team (...

Advertisement at the 2004 Athens' Games, featuring Al Carter and Gago Demirchian. Photo by John Heil Advertisement at the 2004 Athens' Games, featuring Al Carter and Gago Demirchian. Photo by John

47. Vauthier, Louis
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
...me of Louis Vauthier did not go long unknown. He began his career as assistant to M. Ayat, a left-handed fencer and one of the most famous masters in Europe. But Louis Vauthier was not content to r...

48. Pasche, Marcel
(Epee Fencing/Men\'s Epee)
...ing undefeated in the finals of the 1930 Men's Epee championships. Rene Pinchart, head coach at the Fencers' Club, heard about a job opening at West Point and referred Marcel who became the fenc...

49. Heiss, Gustave
(Epee Fencing/Men\'s Epee)
Gustave Heiss is one of the most successful epee fencers in the US history by winning 6 US national championships in men's epee (representing the NY Fencers' Club). He went on to fence in the 1932 O

50. Velarde, Jose
(Fencing History/Great Coaches)
...at he took while coaching at Columbia University in November of 1949 at competition venues of the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA). His adamant refusal to accede to efforts to segregate his fe...

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