Norman DeMille Ross (May 2, 1895 – June 19, 1953) was an American competition swimmer who won five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris, and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. He set thirteen world records and won eighteen U.S. national championships during his career.[1]
In later years he was a popular Chicago radio personality known to listeners as "Uncle Normie."[2] His son, Norman A Ross Jr. (1922–2008), was a well-known radio and television host, corporate executive and civic leader in Chicago.[3][4][5][6]
^Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 3: September 1952 — August 1955,H.W. Wilson Company., New York (1956)
^Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 21: September 1995 — August 1996,H.W. Wilson Company, New York (1996) OCLC36101383
