Each month ISHOF will feature an Honoree and some of their aquatic memorabilia, that they have so graciously either given or loaned to us. Since we are closed, and everything is in storage, we wanted to still be able to highlight some of the amazing artifacts that ISHOF has and to be able to share these items with you.
We continue in July 2025, with 1965 ISHOF Honoree, Buster Crabbe Honor Swimmer. Buster donated many fabulous things to ISHOF and we want to share some of them with you now. Also below is his ISHOF Honoree bio that was written the year he was inducted.
Buster also stared in some movies like Tarzan the Fearless (1933), Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers) from 1936 to 1940, and in 1940, he began a string of Billy the Kid westerns.
1 1925 Honolulu Star Bulletin Medal
1 1930 National A.A.U. Gold 500 yd. Freestyle Medal
1 1931 National Collegiate Athletic Association Medal
1 1932 South Pacific Association A.A.U. 300 yd. Medley Medal
Left photo InterPacific Swimming Meet 400m Freestyle Victory Cup #34
Right photo 1928 Olympic 1500 Freestyle Bronze medal and 1932 Olympic Participant medal
Tarzan loincloth from Tarzan the Fearless (1933)