Frank Bee Haller (January 6, 1883 – April 30, 1939) was an American

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who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a

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, beating fellow American Frederick Gilmore, but losing to Oliver Kirk in the final. He was born in

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and died in

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* * * 1883 births 1939 deaths Boxers from San Francisco Olympic boxers for the United States Featherweight boxers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in boxing Boxers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing American male boxers Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-boxing-Olympic-medalist-stub