Category:George Roger Meehan
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George Roger Meehan (1898-1918) held the record for swimming the New York Tribune's Marathon Swim from the Brooklyn Battery to Sandy Hook, New Jersey in 7 hours, 18 minutes in 1914. He was a swimming coach at City College of New York. He was killed in action during WWI in 1918.
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| Date of birth | 31 October 1890 Charlestown | ||||
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| Date of death | 9 October 1918 France | ||||
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