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Trembley was born in Schenectady, New York, to John and Doris Senelt Trembley on October 23, 1952, lived in Connecticut, and moved to the Loudonville, New York area around 1964 where he would attend [[Shaker High School]] in Latham, N.Y. John Trembley Sr. was a Vice-President of W.T. Rose and Associates in Cohoes, New York, and both John Jr.'s parents had been avid swimmers. John Jr. began swimming competitively around age 8, and by his eighth grade year at Shaker Jr. High was already nationally ranked by the AAU in his age group. At Shaker, he swam for Coach Roger Bell on the Freshman swim team, while he was in eighth grade. During his early swimming years, he also received instruction from Hartford, Connecticut's [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] Coach Robert Slaughter. In the 11-12 year old age group, he was nationally ranked by the AAU in the 50-yard butterfly with a 27.3 seconds, third in the 50-meter butterfly with a time of :31 seconds, and fourth in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of :30 seconds.<ref>Micossi, Angelo, "Angelo's Angles", ''The Troy Record'', Troy, New York, p. 19, 26 January 1966</ref>

In his High School Senior year at Shaker, Trembley became one of America's top college swimming prospects. Competition for Trembley set off a highly contested recruiting war between Indiana's [[James Counsilman|"Doc" James Counsilman]], and Tennessee's legendary coach [[Ray Bussard]]. Trembley was an exceptional young sprinter, clocking a time of 20.5 in the 50-yard freestyle while in High School, and like his contemporary Mark Spitz, was also exceptional in butterfly, setting a new state record time in the 100-yard event of 53.3 in his age group prior to the New York State Swim Meet in March 1969.<ref>"Shaker's John Trembley Shatters State Record", ''The Post-Star'', Glen Falls, New York, p. 14, 22 January 1970</ref><ref>Held state record time of 53.3 seconds in 100 yard butterfly by 1969 in "State Swim Meet Tomorrow", ''The Standard-Star'', New Rochelle, New York, p. 30, 7 March 1969</ref><ref name=Julian>Julian, Roland, "UT Hires Trembley as Coach", ''The Knoxville News Sentinel"'', Knoxville, Tennessee, 6 March 1988, p. 39</ref>

==Collegiate competition==