Mount Isa's Bill Burton was an accomplished Olympic swimmer

By Kim-Maree Burton
Updated September 20 2019 - 9:48am, first published 9:38am
Legends: Bill Burton (back row second from right) pictured in the 1960 Australian swim team which included Murray Rose and Dawn Fraser.
Legends: Bill Burton (back row second from right) pictured in the 1960 Australian swim team which included Murray Rose and Dawn Fraser.

It was a sight to behold; the old straw hat bobbing down the lap lane, swishing around at the end to return again, lap after lap, seemingly to just sit on the unbroken water.

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