Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 30, 1924, Gillis Grafström of Sweden ...

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in ...

In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche sport ...

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist and acclaimed broadcaster Dick Button died Thursday. He was 95 years old.

He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a ...

As the figure skating community grappled with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents, the grief was felt ...

Sadly, also in 2019 Isabeau’s father Tim died. His obituary read: "Tim was a devoted father whose only daughter, Isabeau, ...

Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara ...

American figure-skating icon Dick Button, who earned an Olympic gold medal twice and continued his career as an analyst on ...