What is Don Laws?
{{Infobox figure skater |name= Don Laws |image= Chan 2007 GPF.jpg |imagesize= |caption= Laws (left) with [[Patrick Chan]] in 2007 |fullname= |country= United States |birth_date= {{birth date|1929|5|30|mf=yes}} |birth_place= [[Washington, D.C.]] |death_date= {{nowrap| {{death date and age|2014|12|2|1929|5|30|mf=yes}} }} |death_place= [[Sandy Spring, Maryland]] |hometown= |residence= |height= |formerpartner= Mary Firth |formercoach= [[Osborne Colson]] |formerchoreographer= |former skating club= |formertraininglocations= |beganskating= |retired= 1951 }} '''Don Laws''' (May 30, 1929 – December 2, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[figure skating|figure skater]] and coach. Laws competed in [[single skating]] and [[ice dancing]].<ref name=PSA/> With his ice dancing partner, Mary Firth, he won the U.S. junior title in 1948. Laws was born in [[Washington, D. C.]].<ref name=PSA>{{cite web |url= http://www.skatepsa.com/Don-Laws-Bio.htm |title= Don Laws biography |publisher= [[Professional Skaters Association]] |access-date= 2014-12-03 |archive-date= 2008-12-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081228013506/http://www.skatepsa.com/Don-Laws-Bio.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref> In men's singles, he won the 1950 U.S. junior title and placed seventh at the [[1951 World Figure Skating Championships|1951 World Championships]] in [[Milan]], Italy. He was coached by [[Osborne Colson]].<ref name=PSA/> Laws died of [[heart failure]] in [[Sandy Spring, Maryland|Sandy Springs]], [[Maryland]], aged 85.<ref name=IN141202>{{cite news |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/12/02/102979272/ |title= Longtime coach, former skater Laws dies at age 85 |first= Amy |last= Rosewater |work= [[U.S. Figure Skating|IceNetwork]] |date= December 2, 2014 |access-date= December 3, 2014 |archive-date= December 9, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141209054024/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/12/02/102979272/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Law