Editing Dick Button (section)

==Early life==
Button was born on July 18, 1929, and raised in [[Englewood, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/07/18/Famous-birthdays-for-July-18-Vin-Diesel-Kristen-Bell/8771563155558/ |title=Famous birthdays for July 18: Vin Diesel, Kristen Bell |work=[[United Press International]] |date=July 18, 2019 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-date=July 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719181941/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2019/07/18/Famous-birthdays-for-July-18-Vin-Diesel-Kristen-Bell/8771563155558/ |url-status=live |quote=Gold medal ice skater Dick Button in 1929 (age 90)}}</ref><ref name=Encyclopedia /><ref name=SR /> He graduated in 1947 from the Englewood School for Boys (now [[Dwight-Englewood School]]).<ref>[http://www.d-e125.org/alumni/richard-button.html Richard "Dick" Button], [[Dwight-Englewood School]]. He attended [[Harvard College]] graduating in 1952, then also from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1956.  Accessed June 14, 2018.</ref> He began skating at an early age but did not begin training seriously until the age of 12, after his father overheard him being told he would never be a good skater.<ref name=onskates /> Button's father sent him to [[Lake Placid, New York]], to train with coach [[Gustave Lussi|Gus Lussi]], who coached him throughout his competitive career.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sausa |first=Christie |title=Lake Placid Figure Skating. A History |publisher=History Press |year=2012 |publication-date=2012 |pages=42–43}}</ref>{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=49}}