Delmar Calvert

Delmar Calvert

Delmar Calvert (born 1925) is a fencing master who has coached of the past five decades. After serving in World War II, he returned to America where he coached at Salle Calvert, Los Angeles Athletic Club, California Institute of Technology, University of California at Santa Cruz, and Salle Trois Armes, coaching 17 United States national champions in the process.

Biography

Delmar Calvert was born in Del Mar, California in 1925. In 1928 he immigrated with his family to France. At the age of 14, he joined the French Foreign Legion. In 1940, after Vichy France surrendered to Germany during World War II, Calvert traveled to Morocco were he attended the French Military Center for Training and Physical Education at Rabat, earning his Maître d'Armes (Master at Arms) degree in September 1941. During this time he trained coaches and fenced internationally for the French Army's fencing team.

After the war, Calvert moved to Chicago, Illinois were he founded Salle Calvert. Working as a social worker during the day, he taught during the evenings, coaching the club to win multiple Midwest sectional championships in all three weapons.

In 1965, Calvert was awarded his Master at Arms degree by the United States Fencing Coaches Association. It was also during this time that he left Chicago in order to take up a position of fencing master at the Los Angeles Athletic Club in California.

In 1982, Calvert succeeded Charles Selberg, and took over the fencing program at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He taught there until his retirement in 1991, when he moved to Portland, Oregon.

In May 2005 Calvert was knighted and awarded the title of "Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur" by French President Jacques Chirac for his service during World War 2. As of 2006, Calvert resides in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches part-time at Salle Trois Armes.

Accomplishments

* Awarded French Maitre d'Armes degree in 1941
* Awarded American Master at Arms degree in 1965
* Coach of 17 United States national champions
* United States Olympic squad coach: 1960
* United States World Championships Coach: 1967, 1969
* United States Pan-Am team coach: 1967, 1986
* Former member of the United States Fencing Association National Coaching Staff

Notable students

* Natalia Clovis
* Bradley Thomas (fencer)

References

(2006) [http://www.usfa-or.org/ United States Fencing Oregon Division] (PDF), Oregon, Retrieved on 2006-11-28

External links

* [http://fencingcenter.org/ Salle Trois Armes]
* [http://www.usfca.org/ United States Fencing Coaches Association]


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