# Looking for stunt swimmer who called himself "Captain America"...I think

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**Created:** [June 8, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stunt-swimmer-who-called-himself-captain-america-i-think/1030738 "2026-06-08T03:53:51Z")\
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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)\
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When I was in Bremerton in the early '80s there was a health nut/stuntman who called himself “Captain America” (I think). He wore a star-spangled uniform, and among his stunts was a swim across the bay to perhaps Port Orchard or something. Any info available?

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stunt-swimmer-who-called-himself-captain-america-i-think/1030738/2 "2026-06-08T04:09:59Z")

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KVI DJ [Bob Hardwick](https://www.historylink.org/file/22415)?

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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)\
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Maybe, but I can’t find that any of his stunts involved endurance swimming, or dressing as Captain America. I think the person I am talking about was more a “Jack Lalanne” type of health nut.

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stunt-swimmer-who-called-himself-captain-america-i-think/1030738/4 "2026-06-08T04:27:07Z")

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Alan “Captain America” Jones?

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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:** [June 8, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stunt-swimmer-who-called-himself-captain-america-i-think/1030738/5 "2026-06-08T04:33:34Z")

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> [@pkbites](#):
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> Alan “Captain America” Jones

That’s the one! Thank you.  
[`Captain America’ Dies In Crash | The Seattle Times](https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19900607/1075881/captain-america-dies-in-crash)

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-stunt-swimmer-who-called-himself-captain-america-i-think/1030738/6 "2026-06-08T04:43:27Z")

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never mind, didn’t realise it was an old article