James Price McLane, Jr. is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. McLane represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, he won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, with teammates Wally Ris, Wally Wolf and Bill Smith. Ris, McLane, Wolf and Smith set a new world record of 8:46.0 in the event final. Individually, he received another gold medal for winning the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, and a silver medal for his second-place finish in the 400-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, he won another gold medal by swimming the anchor leg for the first-place U.S. team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, together with relay teammates Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey and Ford Konno. The Americans set a new Olympic record of 8:31.1 in the final. McLane graduated from Philips Academy. He attended Yale University, where he swam for the and Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition. 

September 13th, 1930 in Pittsburgh as James Price McLane, Jr.  /  Died:   Dec 13th, 2020 - aged 90