# Captain, My Captain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-my-captain/570718>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-my-captain/570718 "2011-02-09T01:29:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-my-captain/570718/1 "2011-02-09T01:29:40Z")

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I am seeking information on a guy who billed himself as “Captain America” back in the 70’s and early 80’s. He would perform Jack LaLanne type stunts like swimming long distances while towing a large weight.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-my-captain/570718/2 "2011-02-09T03:19:15Z")

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He was a short skinny dude that wore a stars and stripes jumpsuit sometimes.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-my-captain/570718/3 "2011-02-09T05:19:57Z")

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Could it have been Alan Jones?

Google “Alan Jones” and “Captain America.” My mouse is tired and won’t cut and paste.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-my-captain/570718/4 "2011-02-09T05:37:51Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> Could it have been Alan Jones?
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> Google “Alan Jones” and “Captain America.” My mouse is tired and won’t cut and paste.

Thank you-that’s the dude. He once made 236 parachute jumps in 24 hours for the Guinness record.