Frank Greer
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| Full name | Frank Bartholomew Greer | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 26, 1879 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | May 7, 1943 (aged 64) Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA | ||||||||||||||
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Frank Bartholomew Greer (February 26, 1879 – May 7, 1943) was an American rower who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]
Rowing career
[edit | edit source]A native of East Boston, Greer was a member of the East Boston Amateur Athletic Boat Club. He held the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen single sculls title from 1904 to 1095.[2] 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
[edit | edit source]After his retirement, Greer coached at the Detroit Athletic Club and later in life became a sheriff at the Charles Street Jail in Boston.[3]
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