Andy Roesch
Andy Roesch (1906-1977) was a champion speed skater in the 1920s.
Roesch was born in Smithtown, New York in 1906, son of Main Street, Smithtown barbershop owner Andrew Roesch and his wife, Johanna Roesch.[citation needed]
Races
[edit]He won a three-mile race on Hessian Pond in New York in February 1927.[1] He was a member of the first United States Speed Skating Team[2] In 1929 he won the New York Silver Skates finishing the two-mile course in 6:52.[3]
Roesch was nominated for the 1936 Olympics. He lost his amateur status, however, when he took a job teaching figure skating at the Brooklyn Ice Palace.[4]
Later life
[edit]Roesch became a welder at the Jakobson Shipyard in Oyster Bay. In September 1976, at age 70, he fell while skating on a local pond and broke his neck. He died in 1977 in Newton, Massachusetts after spending time at the New England Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Center.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Roesch, of Brooklyn, captures three-mile skating race". The Brooklyn Citizen. Brooklyn, New York. February 7, 1927. p. 10.
- ^ "HARVARD ALUMNI SIX WINS AT BOSTON, 5-3". New York Times. December 9, 1927. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ Powers, Jimmy (January 16, 1929). "Roesch Dons Silver Skates". Daily News. New York, New York.
- ^ a b "Andrew Roesch, 71, Skater". Newsday. September 7, 1977. Retrieved 13 April 2022.