Frank Collings, also known as Tack, had a 20-year diving career that lasted until shortly after the outbreak of World War I. At the start of his diving career, he was also a footballer with Torquay Athletic, until his retirement from that sport in 1900. Collings won the West of England diving title in 1894 and 1895, and took part in the Royal Life Saving Society’s National Graceful Diving Championships at Highgate Pools in 1904 and 1907. He specialised in diving from high altitude, and sometimes from as high as 87 feet (26.5m). Collings was also a diving coach and later a judge. During World War I he served as a corporal with the Devon Regiment.
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