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JULY 2009
An interview with elite coach Slavka Kohout Button, who ran the Wagon Wheel Skating Ice Palace in Illinois, and was coach to Janet Lynn.

20 minutes, 14 seconds.

Thanks to Fiona McQuarrie for transcribing these interview highlights:

On Dick Button’s influence on Lynn’s career: This was partially due to Doug Wilson, as well, and Jim McKay.

They enjoyed watching her skate. But what was great about Dick was that he put a face on skating, and that was such an important thing at that time.

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So she had a larger audience for that reason, and she got a greater following.

On retiring from coaching in 1973: When my son was three months old, John Curry asked me to work with him, and he was really upset that I didn’t.

I spent a day with him and laid out what he should do, that he should go to Carlo Fassi for his figures and Gus Lussi to straighten out his jumps. But he was upset, and I told him, I’ve worked so hard from when I was