Walter Admiral Bromley Jr. was a boxer in his youth. His nickname was "Babe".
At 91, Walt still remembers his first boxing match at age 5 or 6 against a boy named Forest McCoy. "I think he cried," he recalls. They remained friends even into adulthood.
At 91 (as of December 2014) Walt still does push-ups. In his entire life, he has spent one night in the hospital.
There's an article here about Walt celebrating his 85th birthday with 100 push-ups:
Walter's two brothers, Jim and George were killed at Pearl Harbor on the USS Arizona. When the brother's died, the Navy waived its age limit -- 50 -- for their father, Walter Bromley Sr., then 51, to join. "Appearing 10 years younger than his age," reads a newspaper account from the time, "he easily passed the physical exam."
Walt's apparent secret to longevity? Chocolate chip cookies every day.
(Submitted by friend, Wendy Ice—with Walter's permission)
At 91, Walt still remembers his first boxing match at age 5 or 6 against a boy named Forest McCoy. "I think he cried," he recalls. They remained friends even into adulthood.
At 91 (as of December 2014) Walt still does push-ups. In his entire life, he has spent one night in the hospital.
There's an article here about Walt celebrating his 85th birthday with 100 push-ups:
Walter's two brothers, Jim and George were killed at Pearl Harbor on the USS Arizona. When the brother's died, the Navy waived its age limit -- 50 -- for their father, Walter Bromley Sr., then 51, to join. "Appearing 10 years younger than his age," reads a newspaper account from the time, "he easily passed the physical exam."
Walt's apparent secret to longevity? Chocolate chip cookies every day.
(Submitted by friend, Wendy Ice—with Walter's permission)
