Richard Totten Button (July 18, 1929 – January 30, 2025) [1] was an American former figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion (1948, 1952) and five-time consecutive World champion (1948–1952). He was also the only non-European man to have become European champion.

11 hours ago · Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952. ... Button also became figure skating’s Howard Cosell, a tuxedoed, Harvard ...

13 hours ago · Dick Button, whose passionate and often tart commentary on figure skating competitions became a television staple over six decades and made him the sport’s unofficial spokesman, died on Thursday ...

Dick Button is a figure skater who dominated American and international amateur competition in the late 1940s and early 1950s until he became a professional in 1952. He was the only man to win top honours in the Olympic, World, European, North American, and U.S. national competitions, and in 1948

11 hours ago · Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, has died at age 95, according to The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing confirmation from his son and daughter. In 1948, Button, then 18, won the first of back-to-back Olympic titles. He remains the youngest man to win an Olympic ...

12 hours ago · Dick Button, a dominant and electrifying force in figure skating who was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport, then shaped the public understanding of skating for decades ...

“No other figure skater embodies the sport as much as Dick Button. He is, and always will be, the godfather of this sport,” says NBC Sports figure skating analyst and Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski.

May 17, 2018 · Dick Button (born 1929), a dominant force in figure skating in the late 1940s and early 1950s, was instrumental in developing the sport in America. He is the only male figure skater to clench the "grand slam" of skating, winning the United States, North American, European, World, and Olympic championships in the same year. Button later became a ...

Richard Totten “Dick” Button is considered one of the best male figure skaters of all time. The first person to successfully land a double axel and a triple jump in figure skating competition, Button won back-to-back gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1948 and Oslo 1952.

(b. 18 July 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey), first American figure skater to win both an Olympic gold medal and the World Championship; he is credited with introducing the modern, athletic style of skating and has been described by many as the best men's figure skater of all time.