He was the first American to win the mens event.
Button retired from amateur skating after securing his fifth consecutive world title later that year.
He went on to join the professional Ice Capades and earned a law degree from Harvard in 1956.
Dick Button practicing before the 1948 Winter Olympics and in 2015Everett Collection
He also won the inaugural Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality in 1981 and was nominated again in 2000.
CalledThe Superstars,it featured well-known athletes competing in a event other than their own.
We just kicked the NBAs tail for like three or four years.
He also played an announcer in a 1992 episode ofBeverly Hills, 90201.
He also authored two the booksDick Buttonon Skates andInstant Skating.
