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Name
  
Frank Greer


Role
  
Olympic athlete

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Full name
  
Frank Bartholomew Greer

Born
  
February 26, 1879
East Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died
  
May 7, 1943, Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States

Olympic medals
  
Rowing at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls

Frank Bartholomew Greer (February 26, 1879 – May 7, 1943) was an American rower who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

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Rowing career

A native of East Boston, Greer was a member of the East Boston Amateur Athletic Boat Club. On July 30, 1904, he won an Olympic gold medal in the single sculls competition with a time of 10:08.5 at the age of 25. The final was held at Creve Coeur Lake in Maryland Heights, Missouri, where he beat out James Juvenal (silver) and Constance Titus (bronze).

After rowing

After his retirement, Greer coached at the Detroit Athletic Club and later in life became a sheriff at the Charles Street Jail in Boston.

References

Frank Greer Wikipedia