Peter Joseph Ratican (April 13, 1887 – November 20, 1922) was an American

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who competed in the

1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted ...

. He was born and died in

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. Ratican, older brother to

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member Harry Ratican, grew up in

where he attended Christian Brothers College. In 1904, St. Louis hosted the

and CBC entered its men's soccer team into the games. The CBC men took the silver medal, with Ratican playing all four matches as a midfielder. Ratican later played professionally in the

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. During the

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, he was with St. Teresa F.C. At the time of his death following brain surgery, Ratican was both the owner of and a player on the

Ben Millers Ben Millers was a U.S. soccer club sponsored by the Ben W. Miller Hat Company of St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1913, it entered the St. Louis Soccer League two years later, winning seven league titles and one National Challenge Cup before its d ...

References

External links

Peter Ratican at databaseOlympics.com
* 1887 births 1922 deaths American men's soccer players Footballers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in soccer St. Louis Soccer League players Ben Millers players Soccer players from St. Louis Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders Christian Brothers Cadets men's soccer players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-midfielder-1880s-stub