A fact from Gary Chapman (swimmer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 June 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Australian Olympic medal-winning swimmer Gary Chapman died in a fishing accident, after retiring from swimming to pursue this very hobby?
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Virtually every reference source lists his date of birth as 17 September 1937, with the sole exception of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (which I've linked), which gives 12 March 1938. I have no idea which is correct, so I'll leave it as is with this note and the link. MisfitToys20:50, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]