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He became one of the earliest martyrs in the war of Independance. 1st November 1920 - Kevin Barry, an 18-year-old medical student, is hanged in Dublin for his part in a raid in which six soldiers...
Kevin John Berry OAM (10 April 1945 – 7 December 2006) was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1960s who won the gold medal in the 200-metre butterfly at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He set twelve world records in his career.
Dec 7, 2006 · Kevin Berry, who won a gold medal for Australia at the 1964 Olympics and set 10 swimming world records during his career, died Thursday after a fall in a nursing home, Swimming Australia said in a ...
Dec 7, 2006 · Olympic swimming gold medallist and former world record holder Kevin Berry has died after a long illness. Berry, who was 61, won gold in the 200 metres butterfly at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and was also a triple gold medallist at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. The Sydney-born swimmer was the ABC's head of sport from 1985 to 1987.
Dec 7, 2006 · KEVIN Berry, an Australian Olympian, died Wednesday at the age of 61. A 12-time world-record setter, Berry competed at the 1960 Olympics in Rome as a 15-year-old and won gold at the 1964...
Kevin Berry began his international career as one of Australia’s youngest ever Olympic representatives. He was just 15 when he took to the starting blocks at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, finishing a creditable sixth in the 200m butterfly final.
Kevin Berry won a gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, setting a world record. He also won three golds at the 1962 Commonwealth Games and became a sports journalist and historian.
