Olympic Games. At the 1956 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, springboard divers Jeanne Stunyo (a native of Gary, Indiana) and Mackenzie High School graduate Barbara Gilders-Dudeck were sponsored by the DAC. Stunyo and Gilders-Dudeck qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. At the Games, Jeanne Stunyo won the springboard diving silver medal, and Barbara Gilders-Dudeck finished in fourth placeless than one point from a bronze medal. Contribution to Cocktail History The Last Word, a gin-based, prohibition-era cocktail, was originally developed at the Detroit Athletic Club. The first publication in which the Last Word appeared was Ted Saucier's 1951 cocktail book Bottoms Up!. In it Saucier states that the cocktail was first served around 30 years earlier at the Detroit Athletic Club. A research in the archives of the Detroit Athletic Club by John Frizell revealed later that the drink was slightly older predating the prohibition era by a few years. It was already offered on the club's 1916 menu for a price of 35 cents (about $8.22 in 2019 currency) making it the club's most expensive cocktail at the time. While the drink eventually fell out of favor, it enjoyed a renewed popularity after being rediscovered by the bartender Murray Stenson in 2004 during his tenure at the Zig Zag Café and becoming a cult hit in the Seattle and Portland areas and spread to cocktail bars in major cities worldwide, as well as having spawned several variations. See also 1956 Summer Olympics List of American gentlemen's clubs Sports in Detroit References Further reading External links Sanborn map of Detroit Athletic Club grounds, 1897 Athletics clubs in the United States Clubs and societies in Michigan Organizations based in Detroit Sports in Detroit Gentlemen's clubs in the United States Buildings and structures in Detroit Buildings and structures completed in 1915 Organizations established in 1887 1887 establishments in Michigan Athletic Club football teams and seasons