Editing Dick Button (section)

====Early competitions====
In his first competition, the 1943 Eastern States Novice Championship, Button finished second to [[Jean-Pierre Brunet]].<ref name=onskates /> In 1944, he won the Eastern States junior title which earned him the opportunity to compete at the National Novice Championships. He won the event. In 1945, his third year of serious skating, he won the Eastern States senior title and the national junior title.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=48}} He was also skating [[pair skating|pairs]], and competed with Barbara Jones in junior pairs at the 1946 Eastern States Championships. They performed Button's singles program side-by-side with minor modifications and won.<ref name=onskates /> This competition, where Button also competed as a single skater, led into the 1946 [[United States Figure Skating Championships|U.S. Championships]]. At age 16, Button won the 1946 U.S. Championships by a unanimous vote.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=48}} According to Button, this was the first time anyone had won the men's novice, junior, and senior titles in three consecutive years.<ref name=onskates /> Button went on to win six more national championships (1947–1951), tying the record set by [[Roger Turner (figure skater)|Roger Turner]], who won seven U.S. Nationals between 1928 and 1934.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=48}} This win earned Button a spot at the [[1947 World Figure Skating Championships|1947 World Championships]].