Background
McKinney was the son of Frank E. McKinney, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a former owner of the National League"s Pittsburgh Pirates.
McKinney was the son of Frank E. McKinney, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a former owner of the National League"s Pittsburgh Pirates.
Indiana University Bloomington.
He later became a prominent executive in the American banking industry, but died in a mid-air collision of two aircraft. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he did the most to introduce modern backstroke techniques. Following Yoshi Oyakawa as the premier United States. backstroker, McKinney was the pioneer of the modern bent-arm backstrokers, even as Oyakawa had been the last of the straight-arm school.
Later, they would all swim for the Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team under coach Doc Counsilman at Indiana University.
McKinney captured a bronze medal in the men"s 100-meter backstroke at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and then entered Indiana University. McKinney retired from competition after graduating from Indiana University in 1961, and went into banking.
He was the president of Bank One of Indiana (previously American Fletcher National Bank), headquartered in Indianapolis when he died, aged 53, in a mid-air collision between two aircraft in 1992. As part of the merger, he also became president of the Columbus, Ohio-based parent company, Banc One Corporation, while still serving as the chief executive officer of the Indiana subsidiary.
McKinney was traveling to Columbus, Ohio with 3 other civic leaders, who were also killed along with the pilots of both aircraft.
He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
At the Pan American Games, the 16-year-old high school student also won a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke. McKinney was the leader of a remarkable group of teenagers who won the United States. Nationals for the Indianapolis Athletic Club alongside Mike Troy, Bill Barton, Bill Cass and Alan Somers. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, he received a silver medal for his second-place finish in the men"s 100-meter backstroke. He also won a gold medal by swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the first-place United States. team in the men"s 4×100-meter medley relay.
He was the youngest member of a United States. national swim team that set a world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 1955 Pan American Games.
