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{{Infobox Person | name =Eva Belle Morrison Abdou | image =File:Morrison 2163467106 c66e2eccaa o.jpg | caption = | birth_name =Eva Belle Morrison | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|3|8}} | birth_place =Pictou, Nova Scotia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|3|17|1911|3|8}} | death_place =Brockton, Massachusetts | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | occupation = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = }}Eva Belle Morrison Abdou (March 8, 1911 – March 17, 1985) was a Boston hospital librarian, and a long distance swimmer who made three attempts to cross the English Channel.[1][2][3] She was on the Board of Governors of The International Professional Swimmers' Association.[1]

Biography

She was born on March 8, 1911 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.[2] in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3]

Eva completed her first 5-mile swim in 1918.[4] In 1926 she lost the Boston Light swim after swimming for over 7 hours in frigid water. She was the last competitor to drop out of the race.[5]

She attempted to swim the English Channel in 1927.[6] She made another attempt on August 23, 1935.[7][8]

She won the 1935 Dover Trophy with a time of 15 hours and 55 minutes for the 18-mile swim from Folkestone to Margate.[4] On 9 October 1941 she was in a car accident in Wiscasset, Maine that killed Michael Tonely, her swimming coach and trainer. Mr. Tonely is the gentleman sitting in the middle of the boat of the accompanying Library of Congress photograph.[9]

She died on March 17, 1985 in Brockton, Massachusetts.[10]

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References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nycswim.org/Article/ArticleTemplate.aspx?Article_ID=983 |title=Swimmers Organize |accessdate=2009-12-03 |quote=The Board of Governors of the organization consists of Edward Kenting and William Erickson (swimmer) of New York; Byron Summers, San Francisco; Lottie Schoemmell, Lake George: Eva Morrison ... |publisher= |date=21 September 1927}}
2. ^1911 Pictou Town, Nova Scotia, Canada census
3. ^"Starts Long Swim", The Halifax Herald, August 23, 1935, Page 1
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.internationalmarathonswimminghalloffame.com/swimmers.html |title=Eva Morrison |accessdate=2009-12-03 |quote= |publisher=International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame |year=1973 }}
5. ^{{cite web |website=Boston Light Swim |title=Race History |url=http://bostonlightswim.org/race-history-results/}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nycswim.org//Article/ArticleTemplate.aspx?Article_ID=796 |title=Swimming |date=21 September 1927|accessdate=2009-12-03 |quote= |publisher= }}
7. ^1 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Eva Morrison Awaits Word to Start Swim |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/316356372.html?dids=316356372:316356372&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Aug+07,+1935&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Eva+Morrison+Awaits+Word+to+Start+Swim&pqatl=google |quote=Eva Morrisan, 25-year-old Boston hospital librarian, awaited only the word of the weatherman today before plunging into the choppy ... |newspaper=Associated Press in The New York Times |date=August 7, 1935 |accessdate=2010-12-18 }}
8. ^1 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=American Girl Fails To Swim The Channel. Eva Morrison Gives Up Attempt Only at Insistence of Others When 4 Miles From Goal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/08/25/archives/american-girl-fails-to-swim-the-channel-eva-morrison-gives-up.html |quote=High wind, rain and a rough sea forced Eva Morrison, 25-year-old Boston hospital librarian, to give up an attempt today to swim the English Channel when she was within four miles of her goal, Cape Gris Nez, France. |newspaper=Associated Press in The New York Times |date=August 25, 1935 |accessdate=2010-12-18 }}
9. ^1 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Swimmer In Auto Crash. Eva Morrison of Boston Thrice Tried English Channel Crossing |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0F12FA3B5C16738DDDA80994D8415B8188F1D3 |quote=Miss Eva Morrison, 35, of Boston, who thrice attempted to swim the English Channel, was in critical condition at a hospital today ... |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 11, 1941 |accessdate=2010-12-18 }}
10. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Distance Swimmer Eva Abdou, 72. Saved Many Off Scituate Beaches |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/661892651.html?dids=661892651:661892651&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+18,+1985&author=&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=DISTANCE+SWIMMER+EVA+ABDOU,+72;;+SAVED+MANY+OFF+SCITUATE+BEACHES&pqatl=google |quote=On Aug. 23, 1935, in one of the worst storms of the season, Mrs. [Peter J. Abdou] tried to make the swim from England to France. A man accompanying her gave up after only four miles. After 16 hours, with the French coast in sight, Mrs. Abdou was forced to abandon the swim because of the rough seas. |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=March 18, 1985 |accessdate=2010-12-18 }}
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