Johnny Weissmuller, 1922.

Johnny Weissmuller, 1922.

A young Johnny Weissmuller, a future Olympic swimming champion (5 gold medals) and movie Tarzan, appeared with ukulele in the New York Tribune of 30 July 1922: 

The Fastest Swimmer the World has ever Known. This camera shot made at Brighton Beach last Saturday of Johnny Weissmuller, the 18-year-old swimming marvel of the Illinois A.C. of Chicago, who holds twenty-one world’s records at distances between 50 to 500 yards. On Saturday the champion easily scored a victory in the National A.A.U. 440-yard free-style championship, winning by fifty yards in 5:16 1-10.  Johnny tickles the ukelele just to prove he has other accomplishments.