by Doug Nichols | Nov 7, 2019 |
Helene Mayer Duris de Jong was born in Amsterdam in 1902 and began fencing at age 19. He competed for the Netherlands at the Olympic Games of 1928 and 1932. For the 1932 Games, he was residing in Los Angeles and applied to the Netherlands Olympic Committee to compete...
by adminGreg | Jun 15, 2015 |
John Duff Born in China to Canadian parents, John Duff led a life full of action and adventure. He traveled overland from China to England to enlist in the British Army in World War One. Rising to the rank of Captain, he was wounded and met his future wife in an...
by adminGreg | Jan 11, 2015 |
Ralph Faulkner The Boss, as he was affectionately known, had a storied history even before making his way to Hollywood during the silent film era. An accident during filming motivated him to find a way to rehabilitate and he found fencing, training under Henri...
by adminGreg | Feb 11, 2019 |
Erich Funke Born in Saxony, Erich Funke, the d’Egnuff coming later, emigrated to New York in the years after World War One. Once there, he began trained as a fencing assistant coach under Anthony Greco, who may or may not be a direct relation of the famous...
by Doug Nichols | Nov 7, 2019 |
Anthony Greco Anthony Greco was born in Messina, Sicily and began learning the sport at the age of seven from his Maestro father. In 1924, he graduated from the National Fencing Academy in Naples, Italy. He continued his studies at the University of Bologna where he...
