 The 1932 Stanford Swimming Team, left to right, John McKelvey, Tuppy Gardner, Ted Wiget, Frank Booth and Osborne Clapp.[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Frank Ewen Booth | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 4, 1910 Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 1, 1980 (aged 70) Newport Beach, California | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Los Angeles Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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Frank Ewen Booth (October 4, 1910 – December 1, 1980) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Biography
[edit]Booth learned to swim at the Hollywood Athletic Club, and attended Stanford University.[2] In 1931 he was unanimously elected to lead the Stanford Swimming Team, replacing Austin Clapp.[3]
At the 1932 Summer Olympics, Booth won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, with fellow Americans George Fissler, Maiola Kalili and Manuella Kalili.[4][5]
Booth continued swimming throughout his life, competing with the All American Masters Swimming Team as late as 1976. In his professional life he was a successful businessman, becoming the CEO of Interstate Engineering, as well as serval over California corporations.[6] Later in life, he ran an avocado farm, an education consultancy and a finance company.[7]
He died at the age of 70, in Newport Beach, California.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Finned Horde Bound for East ☆ Card Mermen Seek Honors". The San Francisco Examiner. 17 March 1932. p. 17. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Stanford and Women's Club Swim Winners". The San Francisco Examiner. 8 April 1929. p. 20. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Frank Booth Named Card Swim Captain". The Peninsula Times Tribune. 1 May 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Crabbe, 63, sets Oldtimers' Swim Mark". The Los Angeles Times. 27 June 1971. p. 48. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Abramson, J. P. (10 August 1932). "Japs Capture '800'; U.S. Girls Sparkle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 12. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Frank E. Booth, Longtime Anaheim Businessman, Dies". The Los Angeles Times. 9 December 1980. p. 36.
- ^ Frank Booth at Olympics.com
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Booth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-04-14.
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