Greg Buckingham
Buckingham in 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gregory Fenton Buckingham | |||||||||||
| Nickname | "Greg" | |||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||
| Born | July 29, 1945 Riverside, California | |||||||||||
| Died | November 11, 1990 (aged 45) San Carlos, California | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | |||||||||||
| Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | |||||||||||
| College team | College of San Mateo Stanford University | |||||||||||
| Coach | George Haines (Santa Clara) Jim Gaughran (Stanford) | |||||||||||
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Gregory Fenton Buckingham (July 29, 1945 – November 11, 1990) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, and former world record-holder in two events.
Buckingham was born in Riverside, California, to Morris H. and Rutheda Buckingham in July, 1945. His family moved to Palo Alto the following year, and then to Atherton, California in 1951. In his early years, he swam with Addison Janes Swimming School in Menlo Park, not far from his high school, and attended Encinal Grammar School. In the seventh and eighth grade, Greg was mentored in swimming by former Michigan All-American and 13-year Stanford Coach Tom Haynie at the Stanford Hills Club.
Greg was one of two older brothers of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Their father Morris H. Buckingham, who was a football star at San Jose State College, by 1963 served as President of Alexander-Ballert Company of San Francisco, a producer of roasted coffee beans, and ran a coffee plant near Palo Alto. California's popular Alta Organic Coffee remains one of their brands.