Marshall Wayne
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
 Marshall Wayne and Dorothy Poynton | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 25, 1912 St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Died | June 16, 1999 (aged 87) Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
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Marshall Wayne (May 25, 1912 – June 16, 1999) was an American diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10 meter platform competition as well as the silver medal in the 3 meter springboard event. He angered Adolf Hitler as his favorite diver, Hermann Stork was predicted to win. A heated discussion between the German dictator and Wayne ensued, and was recounted by several family members. In fact, the US Olympic diving teams (men’s and women’s), won 10 out of 12 possible medals in those games.
After the Olympics Marshall performed for Billy Rose’s Aquacade with the likes of Esther Williams, Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Eleanor Holm and others. He then enlisted in the Army Air Corp and became the Commanding Officer of the 7th Photo Reconnaissance Group out of Mt. Farm, England. In 1945, Col. Wayne aborted his de Havilland Mosquito plane and was injured in a flight accident and parachuted out of his plane, only to land in a tree while damaging his leg. He was taken in by an Italian family, and later smuggled out of Italy to England. After the war he appeared in ads for Camel cigarettes, Havoline motor oil, BVD underwear and others.
