Jon Urbanchek, who led swimmers to Olympic glory, dies at 87

Jon Urbanchek, a Hungarian immigrant who became a revered swimming coach in the United States and guided 44 swimmers to the Olympics, where they won 21 medals, 11 of them gold, died May 9 in hospice care at his home in Fullerton, California. He was 87.

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