Charles Flachmann, Swimming • 1933-35

Charles Flachmann was one of Illinois’s most brilliant athletes in the 1930s. He won NCAA 50-meter freestyle titles as a junior and senior, and the NCAA 100-meter freestyle title in 1935. Flachmann was the 1934 and 35 Big Ten champ in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle races. He was also the 1934 220-yard freestyle champ. In the 1935 Big Ten meet, Flachmann served as anchorman on the record-setting 440-yard relay team. He also won national titles in all three events. Flachmann later served as a captain in the army during World War II. He died in 1983 at the age of 69.