# James Platz

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{{Short description|Canadian sports shooter (1931–2019)}}
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| name           = James Platz
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| birth_date     = {{birth date|1931|6|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [Bruno, Saskatchewan](/source/Bruno%2C_Saskatchewan), Canada
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2019|10|30|1931|6|25|df=yes}}
| death_place    = [Courtenay, British Columbia](/source/Courtenay%2C_British_Columbia), Canada
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| sport          = [Sports shooting](/source/Shooting_sport)
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'''James Walter Platz''' (25 June 1931 – 30 October 2019) was a Canadian [sports shooter](/source/Shooting_sport).<ref>{{Olympedia|41529}}</ref> He competed in the [trap event](/source/Shooting_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Mixed_trap) at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/james-platz-1.html |title=James Platz |access-date=24 February 2016 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311101327/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/james-platz-1.html |archivedate=11 March 2016 }}</ref>

James E. Platz, was a herpetologist at Creighton University, during his tenure there he discovered multiple species of frogs, one, that made its mating call under water named Rana sub aquavocalis.

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/1564931

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Category:1931 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Canadian male sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for Canada
Category:Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Saskatchewan
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in shooting
Category:Shooters at the 1975 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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