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Figure skating champion Dick Button, 1952

By Joe Gromelski
Published: March 19, 2011
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Garmisch, Germany, January, 1952: Olympic figure skating champion Dick Button finds himself on the other side of the camera for a change as he films a group of young fans who came to watch him practice during the eighth International Sports Week. Button, 22, ended up winning the competition as he prepared to defend his Olympic title. The following month, in Oslo, he did win the gold medal.

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