Frank Greer

{{short description|American rower (1879–1943)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name = Frank Greer |image = Frank Greer.png |fullname = Frank Bartholomew Greer |birth_date = February 26, 1879 |birth_place = East Boston, Massachusetts, USA |death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|5|7|1879|2|26}} |death_place = Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA |medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's rowing}} {{Medal|Country | {{USA}} }} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1904 St. Louis|Single sculls}} }}

'''Frank Bartholomew Greer''' (February 26, 1879 – May 7, 1943) was an American rower who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/40678 |title=Frank Greer |work=Olympedia |access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref>

==Rowing career== 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.<ref>{{Cite book|author=National association of amateur oarsmen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jem8sZIMMckC&q=National+Association+of+Amateur+Oarsmen|title=Minutes|date=1908|language=en|page=124}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/greerfrank.shtml |title=HickokSports.com - Biography - Frank Greer |accessdate=December 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130125163728/http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/greerfrank.shtml |archivedate=January 25, 2013 }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/frank-greer-1.html |title=Frank Greer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216154129/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/frank-greer-1.html |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |url-status=dead}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141658/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GREERFRA01 Database Olympics profile] *{{sports links}} {{Olympic champions – Men's single sculls}}

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