Richard Henry ("Dick") Durrance (October 14, 1914 - June 13, 2004) was a 17-time national championship skier and one of the first American skiers to compete successfully with European skiers. Dick Durrance was born in Tarpon Springs, Florida and moved with his family to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany in 1928, where he learned to ski. In Germany, Durrance skied competitively, winning the German Junior Alpine Championship in 1932 at age 17. Wikipedia
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ASPEN, Colo. -- Dick Durrance, one of the first great American skiers with so many national titles that the medal was later recast in his image, died Sunday. sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=1821856
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By JEFF CORDES Express Staff Writer Olympian Dick Durrance, who universally was considered the first world-class alpine racer from the U.S., died Sunday from natural causes at Carbondale, Colo., north of Aspen. www.mtexpress.com/2004/04-06-16/04-06-16durrance.htm
America's first skiing superstar, Dick Durrance, died in Carbondale, Colorado of natural causes on June 13 at the age of 89. www.skiinghistory.org/durrance.html
Nov. 12, 2002 Miggs Durrance, 85 Photographer covered the world By Dick Dorworth Margaret Miggs Jennings Durrance passed away peacefully in Carbondale, Colorado on Monday, November 11, 2002 at the age of 85. www.skiinghistory.org/newsmiggsobit.html
