Alexander "Lex" Franken (born 1 April 1916, date of death unknown) was a Dutch

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with t ...

player who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

. Born in

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Nethe ...

, he was part of the Dutch team which finished fifth in the 1936 tournament. He played all seven matches.

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1916 births Year of death missing Dutch male water polo players Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub