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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American swimmer and lawyer (1928–1999)}}<br />
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| fullname = Allen McIntyre Stack<br />
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| national_team = {{USA}}<br />
| strokes = [[Backstroke]]<br />
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| collegeteam = [[Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving|Yale University]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|23|mf=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[New Haven, Connecticut]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|9|12|1928|1|23|mf=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], U.S.<br />
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}<br />
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{{MedalGold | [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold | [[1951 Pan American Games|1951 Buenos Aires]] | [[Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}<br />
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'''Allen McIntyre Stack''' (January 23, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American [[swimming (sport)|competition swimmer]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion, and former [[world record]]-holder.<br />
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Stack won the gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke|men's 100-meter backstroke]] at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/allen-stack-1.html Allen Stack]. Retrieved October 3, 2012.</ref> Four years later at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]. He placed fourth in the final of the same event.<ref name=sroprofile/><br />
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Stack attended [[Yale University]], where he swam for the [[Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving]] team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition from 1947 to 1949. He graduated from Yale with a bachelor's degree in 1949. He served in the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] from 1951 to 1954, and graduated from [[Columbia University Law School]] in 1956. He practiced law in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] until 1998.<ref name=litsky9191999>Frank Litsky, "[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A12FB3B580C7A8DDDA00894D1494D81 Allen Stack, 71, a Swimmer Who Broke 6 World Records]," ''The New York Times'' (September 19, 1999). Retrieved October 3, 2012.</ref><br />
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Stack was inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1979.<ref name=ishofprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/allen-stack-(usa).html |title=Allen Stack (USA) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |access-date=March 12, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124910/http://www.ishof.org/allen-stack-(usa).html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]<br />
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]<br />
* [[List of Yale University people]]<br />
* [[World record progression 200 metres backstroke]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/allen-stack-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/allen-stack-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Allen Stack}}<br />
* {{webarchive |title=Allen Stack (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124910/http://www.ishof.org/allen-stack-(usa).html |date=2015-04-02 }}<br />
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