Walter Bainbridge Explained

Fullname:	Walter H. Bainbridge, Jr.
Also Known As:	Red
Birth Date:	5 May 1930
Birth Place:	Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Death Place:	Rockford, Illinois, U.S.

Walter "Red" H. Bainbridge Jr. (May 5, 1930 – September 22, 2024) was an American figure skater. He began skating in Washington state, when his father, geologist Walter H. Bainbridge, was posted there between 1938 and 1945.^[1] ^[2] He competed in ice dance with Lois Waring. He was the national champion with Waring in 1947-1949 and North American Champion in 1947 and 1949.^[3] He was inducted into the Professional Skaters Association Hall of Fame in 2009.^[4]

Bainbridge died on September 22, 2024, at the age of 94.^[5]

Results

(with Waring)

Event	1946	1947	1948	1949
		1st		1st
	2nd	1st	1st	1st

Notes

"Profiles in Time - CS &G Biographies: Walter Bainbridge", NOAA History (website) http://www.history.noaa.gov/cgsbios/bioa4.html (from The Personnel Panorama, Vol VI, No. 8, 9/1957)
"Sees Ice First Time, Skater Soon Champ", Hartford Courant, 4 Dec 1938, p.D3 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026142458/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/876572982.html?dids=876572982:876572982&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+04,+1938&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Sees+Ice+First+Time,+Skater+Soon+Champ&pqatl=google
http://wfsc.net/docs/Hall/hall-roster-national.pdf "Washington FSC National Hall of Fame"
"PSA HONORS 'BEST OF THE BEST'" by Lynn Rutherford, U.S. Figure Skating Association (website) 8/7/09 http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43357&type=news
Web site: Walter H. "Red" Bainbridge Jr. Obituary 2024 . 2024-10-24 . Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory LTD. . en.