Jim Shanahan, "Heron, James Edward ('Eddie')", Dictionary of Irish Biography, (ed.) James McGuire, James Quinn. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Indeed, young Heron learnt to dive before he could swim. At the age of eleven his father had to help him from the pool following a swallow dive which the boy performed at the Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) Regatta.
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A typical action picture of Denis Boocker taken during Trinity's game with Belle Vue Rangers in August 1935, when the Welsh-Australian scored four tries. It shows the famous "swallow-dive" which Boocker used so effectively on many of his try-scoring occasions. Born in Gelli, Wales, Booker emigrated to Australia two years later. Commenced his football career with Karri-Karri (sic) at seventeen.
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Woman performing a "swallow dive", 1937 Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime. Competitors possess many of the same characteristics as gymnasts and dancers, including strength, flexibility, kinaesthetic judgment and air awareness.
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Many European and UK television broadcasts were transmitted. Timex, of wrist watch fame, ran a TV ad campaign praising their product's longevity - successfully enduring several 'On Fire Into Fire' high dives, whilst strapped upon Roy's wrist. Although a regular swallow dive, from a height of 75 feet is twice the average of Olympic diving, the water was less than half as deep ! Also, the small surface area of the water tank hardly compared to any swimming pool.
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Head first (swallow dive) entry into the tank itself—a mere 16 feet in diameter—demanded perfect aim and a secure launch from the diving platform above. Every high dive was a very dangerous daredevil feat. Sadly, on 5 July 1985, during a public performance in South West London, Roy Fransen died whilst attempting his Dive of Death for the final time. He was then aged 69, and remained a very fit man for his years.
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Ashton's support play, which he learnt during his days as a rugby league footballer, has been praised and is often cited as the main reason that he is such a prolific try scorer.Mike Catt: Chris Ashton indicative of the confidence flowing through this young England side The Telegraph, 12 February 2011 Another of Ashton's key attributes is his speed, which he demonstrated by scoring a 90-metre try against Australia in the autumn of 2010,Chris Ashton's brilliant try against the Wallabies at Twickenham RugbyDump.com, 18 November 2010 when he outran Drew Mitchell and James O'Connor, two of Australia's fastest wingers. When Ashton scores, he often performs a 'swallow dive', which has been nicknamed the 'Ash splash'.
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Jan Prinsloo was signed by St. Helens on 14 October 1958, he scored his first try for St. Helens as part of a two-try début against Rochdale Hornets on Saturday 8 November 1958. During the 1958–59 season Prinsloo scored hat-tricks against Salford and Blackpool Borough for a season total of 27-tries from 31 games. Prinsloo played a vital part in finishing dazzling moves for many a St. Helens victory including the sensational 1959 Championship Final win by 44 points to 22 over a great Hunslet side where Prinsloo exhibited a fabulous touchline dash rounded off with his trademark 'swallow dive' over the tryline. During the 1959–60 season Prinsloo scored 4-tries against Liverpool City and a hat-trick of tries against Hull FC, finishing the season with 29-tries from 38 matches.
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