Richard Totten "Dick" Button (born July 18, 1929) is an American former figure skater and a well-known long-time skating television analyst. He is a twice Olympic Champion (1948, 1952) and five-time World Champion (1948–1952). He is also the only non-European man to have become European Champion.
Button is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the double axel jump in competition in 1948, as well as the first triple jump of any kind – a triple loop – in 1952. He also invented the flying camel spin, which was originally known as the "Button camel".
Richard Totten Button was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. He began skating at an early age. He did not begin training seriously until the age of 12 after his father overheard him being told he would never be a good skater. Soon after, Button's father sent him to New York to take lessons from ice dancing coach Joe Carroll, where he trained over the summer in Lake Placid, New York, eventually switching on Carroll's recommendation to coach Gustave Lussi, who coached Button for the rest of his career.
Somebody told me there is a place to go
Where they ain't out to put you down
Everyone's listening to the radio
Where the street belongs to the young
And the night belongs to no one
In Dog Town, In Dog Town
It's all right
They'll be playing all night
It's all right
Gonna hold you tight
How much longer can I wear my worn out shoes?
How much higher till I come down
Take me somewhere I can shake these blues
Where the street belongs to the young
And the night belongs to no one