Don Laws
| Don Laws | |
|---|---|
 Laws (left) with Patrick Chan in 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born | May 30, 1929 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | December 2, 2014 (aged 85) Sandy Spring, Maryland |
| Former partner | Mary Firth |
| Former coach | Osborne Colson |
| Retired | 1951 |
Don Laws (May 30, 1929 – December 2, 2014) was an American figure skater and coach. Laws competed in single skating and ice dancing.[1] With his ice dancing partner, Mary Firth, he won the U.S. junior title in 1948. Laws was born in Washington, D. C..[1]
In men's singles, he won the 1950 U.S. junior title and placed seventh at the 1951 World Championships in Milan, Italy. He was coached by Osborne Colson.[1]
Laws died of heart failure in Sandy Springs, Maryland, aged 85.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Don Laws biography". Professional Skaters Association. Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ↑ Rosewater, Amy (December 2, 2014). "Longtime coach, former skater Laws dies at age 85". IceNetwork. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
Other websites
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