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Coach Jimmy Green

James 'Jimmy' Green was the superintendent at the Pretoria Central Bath and the coach at the Otters ASC. He produced several Springbok swimmers, including 1928 Olympic Bronze medal winners Kathleen Russell, Zus Engelenberg, Freddie van der Goes, and Rhoda Rennie. In 1934, he coached Olympic medallist Jennie Maakal, and in 1938 he was also the coach of the bronze medal-winning women's team at the Empire Games.

Hilda James was a famous English swimmer who toured South Africa in the 1920s. Read more about Hilda here 

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