Ronnie Mills

Ronald Parker Mills (born February 25, 1951) is an American former competition swimmer for Southern Methodist University and a 1968 Olympic medalist in the backstroke. He later had a career in advertising in the Dallas area.

Mills was born on February 25, 1951 in the Fort Worth, Texas area, and attended Arlington Heights High School.

In June 1968, at the age of 17, while swimming for Fort Worth's Burford Swim Club, coached by American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame Coach Don Easterling, Mills won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.3 seconds in the Camp Carter swimming tournament. Easterling had a highly competitive program with the Burford Swim Club, and would coach the University of Texas at Arlington, before beginning a 24 year career with North Carolina State University from 1971-1995. Mills may have trained with Mills at the University of Texas Arlington facility in preparation for the Olympics as well, though Mills would have been too young to enroll at the University. Provided by Wikipedia