the Aqua Follies at the Minneapolis Aquatennial (held July 18–26, 1942), and was married in 1943, becoming Helen Morgan. She came back to competitive diving in 1945 to win both springboard and tower, and later won the National A.A.U. title for the three-meter springboard again in 1946 and 1947. She also turned pro to dive in Larry Crosby's Aqua Follies and Buster Crabbe's well traveled Aqua Parade from 1945 to 1950. Legacy Crlenkovich appears twice as a twisting diver above San Francisco Bay in Diego Rivera's 1940 mural Pan American Unity. She was honored by being inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1981, the Helms Diving Hall of Fame and the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame. She won more consistently and by greater margins than any woman diver. Along with Georgia Coleman, Pat McCormick and Micki King, all Hall of Famers, she has been closer to the men's standards of diving excellence than any of the other great women in history. In September 2008, Helen received posthumous recognition by the World Acrobatic Congress held in Las Vegas for her life achievements in swimming and diving. Personal life Crlenkovich attended San Francisco Junior College with a major in physical education (previously pre-law) while working nights as a hotel accountant and practicing dives for two hours a day. In her spare time, she obtained a pilot's license on January 20, 1941 after signing up for pilot training in 1939. She married Ensign Robert "Bob" Morgan on February 13, 1943 in Coronado, California. Together they had a daughter, Bari Lee (born 1947). Crlenkovich died of cancer in 1955 after a long illness. Bob Morgan, then working as an actor and stuntman, would go on to marry Yvonne De Carlo after Crlenkovich's death. Bari Lee is a noted photographer who has also been responsible for directing the Santa Cruz Follies. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame References External links Helen Crlenkovich HELEN CRLENKOVICH (USA) 1981 Honor Diver Surname Crljenković in Banićevac at www.croatian.name Video 1921 births 1955 deaths American female divers American people of Croatian descent 20th-century American women 20th-century American people