John J. deBarbadillo
Item Information
- Title:
- John J. deBarbadillo
- Description:
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Portrait photograph of John J. deBarbadillo.
- Creator:
- Blatner, Henry M.
- Date:
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[1955?–1975?]
- Format:
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Photographs
- Location:
- Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
- Collection (local):
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College Archives Digital Collections
- Series:
- YMCA Hall of Fame Papers
- Subjects:
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Young Men's Christian Association of North America
DeBarbadillo, John J.
YMCA
YMCA Hall of Fame
Portrait photographs
- Link to Item:
- https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/61
- Terms of Use:
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Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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- Publisher:
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Springfield College
- Notes:
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John deBarbadillo is a rare example of a YMCA professional who joined the YMCA as a member, and went on to spend his entire 45-year career in the same association. After graduating from York Collegiate Institute, deBarbadillo became the assistant to the boys’ physical director, eventually taking on responsibility for physical education, camping, and youth leadership programs. He had particular success in aquatics programs, coaching years of undefeated teams, producing several national champions and one Olympic swimmer. He helped to develop the modern butterfly stroke and the station-to-station method of teaching the crawl stoke. He also developed the Tadpole program, which served as the premier preschool swim program of the National YMCA. He wrote the rules and regulations for the Masters Swimming competition and acted as the meet director for the first National YMCA Masters Championship in York in 1981. deBarbadillo was enshrined in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1998.
- Identifier:
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rg103-1999-debarbadillo-j-portrait-01
