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

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Rowing career

A native of

East Boston East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts annexed by the city of Boston in 1637. Neighboring communities include Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and dow ...

, 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. On July 30, 1904, he won an Olympic gold medal in the

single scull A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to mini ...

s competition with a time of 10:08.5 at the age of 25. The final was held at Creve Coeur Lake in

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, where he beat out

James Juvenal James Benner Juvenal (January 12, 1874 – September 1, 1942) was an American rower, born in Philadelphia, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Juvenal began rowing when he was 19 years old and won h ...

(silver) and Constance Titus (bronze).

After rowing

After his retirement, Greer coached at the

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and later in life became a

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at the Charles Street Jail in

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Database Olympics profile
1879 births 1943 deaths People from East Boston, Boston American male rowers Rowers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Massachusetts sheriffs Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub