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Richard Hill

Rick Hill

  • Class
    1971
  • Induction
    2006
  • Sport(s)
    Founder, Swimming
Rick Hill, a three-time All-America swimmer for Eastern in 1966-68, broke three American Athletic Union records in 1965, including the 400-meter individual medley and as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay and the 400-meter medley relay teams. He was captain of the 1967 EKU swim team and was a member of four Kentucky Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Championship teams at Eastern. 

After his graduation in 1971, Hill was the swim team coach at Plantation Country Club in Louisville for one season where his team won the state championship in the junior division. 

He served as a social worker in the Jefferson County Juvenile Court in 1972-73 and a social worker at Ornsby Village Treatment Center in Louisville.
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