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==History==
==History==
The Fencers Club was founded in 1883 by [[Charles DeKay|Charles de Kay]] and other New Yorkers.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjWhBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA153 |page=153 |title=New York, Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis |first=Jeffrey A. |last=Kroessler |publisher=NYU Press|year=2002|isbn=9780814738382}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite book | title=Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction | publisher=W. B. Holland | issue=v. 61 | year=1913 | url=https://www.google.com/books?id=i9SfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA334 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=334}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book | author=General Federation of Women's Clubs | title=Club Women of New York | publisher=Mail and Express Company | year=1914 | url=https://www.google.com/books?id=qcAiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA137 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=137}}</ref> One had to be in the ''[[Social Register]]'' to be a member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/01/11/en-garde-against-the-ghetto/|title=En garde' AGAINST THE GHETTO|website=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref> Its first fencing master was Captain Hippolyte Nicolas, a French officer who had fought in the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870, who was partial to the Italian school of fencing.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Illustrated American | issue=v. 1 | year=1890 | url=https://www.google.com/books?id=O580AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA276 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=276}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>
The Fencers Club was founded in 1883 by [[Charles DeKay|Charles de Kay]] and other New Yorkers.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjWhBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA153 |page=153 |title=New York, Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis |first=Jeffrey A. |last=Kroessler |publisher=NYU Press|year=2002|isbn=9780814738382}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite book | title=Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction | publisher=W. B. Holland | issue=v. 61 | year=1913 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i9SfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA334 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=334}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book | author=General Federation of Women's Clubs | title=Club Women of New York | publisher=Mail and Express Company | year=1914 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qcAiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA137 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=137}}</ref> One had to be in the ''[[Social Register]]'' to be a member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/01/11/en-garde-against-the-ghetto/|title=En garde' AGAINST THE GHETTO|website=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref> Its first fencing master was Captain Hippolyte Nicolas, a French officer who had fought in the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870, who was partial to the Italian school of fencing.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Illustrated American | issue=v. 1 | year=1890 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O580AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA276 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=276}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>


In 1892 it had about 200 members.<ref>{{cite book | last=Livingstone | first=C.H. | title=The Sun's Guide to New York: Replies to Questions Asked Every Day by the Guests and Citizens of the American Metropolis | publisher=Jersey City printing Company | year=1892 | url=https://www.google.com/books?id=j6U-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA90 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=90}}</ref> In 1902 annual dues at the club were $30 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|30|1902|r=-1}}}} in current dollar terms).<ref>{{cite book | title=Club Men of New York: Their Clubs, College Alumni Associations, Occupations, and Business and Home Addresses, with Historical Sketches of Many Prominent New York Organizations | publisher=Republic Press | year=1902 | url=https://www.google.com/books?id=HidLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=18}}</ref> In 1914, one third of its members were women.<ref name="auto"/> Rene Pinchart, a Belgian sergeant major in World War I, was fencing master at the club from 1927 to 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/04/archives/rene-pinchart-28-years-at-fencers-club-is-dead-coached-4-olympic.html|title=Rene Pinchart, 28 Years at Fencers Club, Is Dead|date=November 4, 1970|work=The New York Times}}</ref> [[French-American]] [[Michel Alaux]] was fencing master of the club from 1956 until 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaux-fencingmaster.com/biography.html|title=MICHEL ALAUX: Fencing Master: Maitre D'Armes: Biography|website=www.alaux-fencingmaster.com}}</ref>
In 1892 it had about 200 members.<ref>{{cite book | last=Livingstone | first=C.H. | title=The Sun's Guide to New York: Replies to Questions Asked Every Day by the Guests and Citizens of the American Metropolis | publisher=Jersey City printing Company | year=1892 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6U-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA90 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=90}}</ref> In 1902 annual dues at the club were $30 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|30|1902|r=-1}}}} in current dollar terms).<ref>{{cite book | title=Club Men of New York: Their Clubs, College Alumni Associations, Occupations, and Business and Home Addresses, with Historical Sketches of Many Prominent New York Organizations | publisher=Republic Press | year=1902 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HidLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18 | access-date=2020-06-18 | page=18}}</ref> In 1914, one third of its members were women.<ref name="auto"/> Rene Pinchart, a Belgian sergeant major in World War I, was fencing master at the club from 1927 to 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/04/archives/rene-pinchart-28-years-at-fencers-club-is-dead-coached-4-olympic.html|title=Rene Pinchart, 28 Years at Fencers Club, Is Dead|date=November 4, 1970|work=The New York Times}}</ref> [[French-American]] [[Michel Alaux]] was fencing master of the club from 1956 until 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaux-fencingmaster.com/biography.html|title=MICHEL ALAUX: Fencing Master: Maitre D'Armes: Biography|website=www.alaux-fencingmaster.com}}</ref>


In 2012, the Fencers Club became only the ninth organization to be recognized by the United States Olympic Committee ([[United States Olympic Committee|USOC]]) as a Community Olympic Development Program (CODP), for its innovative and world-class programs that embody the Olympic ideals.<ref name="USOC">{{Citation | title = U.S. Olympic Committee names Fencers Club as CODP | url = http://pressbox.teamusa.org/Pages/U-S--Olympic-Committee-names-Fencers-Club-as-a-Community-Olympic-Development-Program.aspx | access-date = 2012-08-24}}</ref>
In 2012, the Fencers Club became only the ninth organization to be recognized by the United States Olympic Committee ([[United States Olympic Committee|USOC]]) as a Community Olympic Development Program (CODP), for its innovative and world-class programs that embody the Olympic ideals.<ref name="USOC">{{Citation | title = U.S. Olympic Committee names Fencers Club as CODP | url = http://pressbox.teamusa.org/Pages/U-S--Olympic-Committee-names-Fencers-Club-as-a-Community-Olympic-Development-Program.aspx | access-date = 2012-08-24}}</ref>
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*[[Herbert Cohen (fencer)|Herb Cohen]] (born 1940), 2x Olympian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/15/archives/axelrod-cohen-among-5-picked-for-us-olympic-foils-team.html|title=Axelrod, Cohen Among 5 Picked For U.S. Olympic Foils Team|date=July 15, 1964|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[Herbert Cohen (fencer)|Herb Cohen]] (born 1940), 2x Olympian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/15/archives/axelrod-cohen-among-5-picked-for-us-olympic-foils-team.html|title=Axelrod, Cohen Among 5 Picked For U.S. Olympic Foils Team|date=July 15, 1964|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[Emily Cross]] (born 1986), Olympian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usafencing.org/news_article/show/204686-olympic-medalist-emily-cross-back-in-training|title=Olympic Medalist Emily Cross Back in Training|date=October 17, 2010|website=USA Fencing}}</ref>
*[[Emily Cross]] (born 1986), Olympian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usafencing.org/news_article/show/204686-olympic-medalist-emily-cross-back-in-training|title=Olympic Medalist Emily Cross Back in Training|date=October 17, 2010|website=USA Fencing}}</ref>
*[[Eugene Glazer (fencer)|Eugene Glazer]] (born 1939), Olympian<ref>{{cite book | last1=Litsky | first1=F. | last2=Tyno | first2=S. | author3=New York Times Company | title=The New York Times Sports Almanac | publisher=Franklin Watts, Incorporated | series=American sports library | year=1965 | url=https://www.google.com/books?id=WiDwAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2020-06-18 }}</ref>
*[[Eugene Glazer (fencer)|Eugene Glazer]] (born 1939), Olympian<ref>{{cite book | last1=Litsky | first1=F. | last2=Tyno | first2=S. | author3=New York Times Company | title=The New York Times Sports Almanac | publisher=Franklin Watts, Incorporated | series=American sports library | year=1965 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiDwAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2020-06-18 }}</ref>
* [[Joel Glucksman]] (born 1949), Olympian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/01/archives/lekach-wins-saber-final-in-national-fencing.html|title=Lekach Wins Saber Final In National Fencing|date=July 1, 1978|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[Joel Glucksman]] (born 1949), Olympian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/01/archives/lekach-wins-saber-final-in-national-fencing.html|title=Lekach Wins Saber Final In National Fencing|date=July 1, 1978|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[Harold Goldsmith]] (1930–2004), 3x Olympian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1958/07/14/for-the-record|title=FOR THE RECORD|website=Sports Illustrated Vault }}</ref>
*[[Harold Goldsmith]] (1930–2004), 3x Olympian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1958/07/14/for-the-record|title=FOR THE RECORD|website=Sports Illustrated Vault }}</ref>

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Fencers Club
Formation1883; 141 years ago (1883)
Legal status501(c)3 not-for-profit fencing organization
Location
  • 20 West 33rd Street, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Websitefencersclub.org

The Fencers Club in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, is the oldest fencing club in the Western Hemisphere.[1] It is a member of the Metropolitan Division of the U.S. Fencing Association. Established in Manhattan in 1883, it has evolved into a 501(c)3 not-for-profit fencing organization dedicated to fencing and community service. It has produced numerous National Champions and Olympians.

History

The Fencers Club was founded in 1883 by Charles de Kay and other New Yorkers.[2][3][4] One had to be in the Social Register to be a member.[5] Its first fencing master was Captain Hippolyte Nicolas, a French officer who had fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, who was partial to the Italian school of fencing.[6][3]

In 1892 it had about 200 members.[7] In 1902 annual dues at the club were $30 ($1,060 in current dollar terms).[8] In 1914, one third of its members were women.[4] Rene Pinchart, a Belgian sergeant major in World War I, was fencing master at the club from 1927 to 1955.[9] French-American Michel Alaux was fencing master of the club from 1956 until 1974.[10]

In 2012, the Fencers Club became only the ninth organization to be recognized by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as a Community Olympic Development Program (CODP), for its innovative and world-class programs that embody the Olympic ideals.[11]

The Fencers Club is located in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The facility includes 22 full-length metal grounded training strips with electronic scoring equipment, as well as an in-house pro shop and armory.

The Fencers Club is the birthplace and home of the Peter Westbrook Foundation.[12]

Notable members

Miles Chamley-Watson
Tim Morehouse

See also

References

  1. ^ Herbst, Diane (May 23, 2016). "The unexpected way vets are rediscovering their competitive edge".
  2. ^ Kroessler, Jeffrey A. (2002). New York, Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis. NYU Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780814738382.
  3. ^ a b Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction. W. B. Holland. 1913. p. 334. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  4. ^ a b General Federation of Women's Clubs (1914). Club Women of New York. Mail and Express Company. p. 137. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  5. ^ "En garde' AGAINST THE GHETTO". Tampa Bay Times.
  6. ^ The Illustrated American. 1890. p. 276. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  7. ^ Livingstone, C.H. (1892). The Sun's Guide to New York: Replies to Questions Asked Every Day by the Guests and Citizens of the American Metropolis. Jersey City printing Company. p. 90. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  8. ^ Club Men of New York: Their Clubs, College Alumni Associations, Occupations, and Business and Home Addresses, with Historical Sketches of Many Prominent New York Organizations. Republic Press. 1902. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  9. ^ "Rene Pinchart, 28 Years at Fencers Club, Is Dead". The New York Times. November 4, 1970.
  10. ^ "MICHEL ALAUX: Fencing Master: Maitre D'Armes: Biography". www.alaux-fencingmaster.com.
  11. ^ U.S. Olympic Committee names Fencers Club as CODP, retrieved 2012-08-24
  12. ^ Kirby, Jen (August 10, 2016). "New York's Olympic Sport Is Fencing". New York Magazine. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c "Fencers Club: Past, Present and Future booklet by Elizabeth Cross - Issuu". issuu.com.
  14. ^ "Norman Cohn-Armitage Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 17, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  15. ^ "Blum, Robert – Museum Of American Fencing". museumofamericanfencing.com.
  16. ^ Goldstein, Richard (July 31, 2008). "Dr. Daniel Bukantz, 90, a Champion Fencer, Dies". The New York Times.
  17. ^ Smallwood, John (July 13, 2012). "Philadelphian sets sights on gold medal in fencing". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  18. ^ "COHEN,11 OTHERS REACH EPEE FINAL; Defender Posts 3-1 Record in Semi-Final Round-Robin of U.S. Championship". The New York Times. June 12, 1956.
  19. ^ "Axelrod, Cohen Among 5 Picked For U.S. Olympic Foils Team". The New York Times. July 15, 1964.
  20. ^ "Olympic Medalist Emily Cross Back in Training". USA Fencing. October 17, 2010.
  21. ^ Litsky, F.; Tyno, S.; New York Times Company (1965). The New York Times Sports Almanac. American sports library. Franklin Watts, Incorporated. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  22. ^ "Lekach Wins Saber Final In National Fencing". The New York Times. July 1, 1978.
  23. ^ "FOR THE RECORD". Sports Illustrated Vault.
  24. ^ "Olympic fencer inspires Elis". Yale Daily News.
  25. ^ "Seven Ivy League fencers going to Athens". ESPN.com. April 25, 2004.
  26. ^ "Byron Krieger Photo Gallery". www.byronkrieger.org.
  27. ^ "Copy of American Fencing" (PDF). www.fencingarchive.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  28. ^ "Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey on June 29, 1962 · Page 36". Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ Willoughby, Jack (August 30, 2004). "En Garde!". The Wall Street Journal.
  30. ^ "Spotlight: Olympic Silver Medalist Tim Morehouse Hopes to Create a Fencing Hub on the UWS". 6sqft.
  31. ^ Grimberg, Salomon; Muray, Nickolas (October 26, 2006). I Will Never Forget You: Frida Kahlo and Nickolas Muray. Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811856928 – via Google Books.
  32. ^ Okeowo, Alexis. "Nzingha Prescod, Olympic Fencer". The New Yorker.
  33. ^ "Nicole Ross". Team USA. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  34. ^ "Listing" (PDF). museumofamericanfencing.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  35. ^ "Jon Tiomkin Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 18, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  36. ^ Black, David (January 19, 1984). "The Black Musketeer". Rolling Stone.
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