McKinney, Frank E. Jr.
Swimming
b. Nov. 3, 1938, Indianapolis, IN
d. Sept. 11, 1992
The son of a former owner of the NL's Pittsburgh Pirates, McKinney was the youngest member of a U. S. that set a world record in the 4 by 100-meter medley relay at the 1955 Pan-American Games. The sixteen-year-old high school student also won a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke.
McKinney won a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke at the 1956 Olympics and then entered Indiana University. He won the NCAA 100- and 200-yard backstroke championships in 1959 and was a member of the winning 4 by 100-yard medley relay team in 1960.
The AAU outdoor 100-meter backstroke champion from 1957 through 1959, McKinney also won the indoor 220 yard backstroke from 1956 through 1959 and the indoor 100-yard backstroke in 1958.
At the 1959 Pan-American Games, McKinney again won gold medals in the 100-meter backstroke and the 4 by 100-meter medley relay. He won a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1960 Olympics and swam on the medley relay team that won a gold medal in a world record 4:05.4.
McKinney retired from competition after graduating from Indiana in 1961 and went into banking. He was the president of an Indianapolis bank when he died in the collision of two small planes.