Frank Booth (swimmer)
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Full name | Frank Ewen Booth | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Los Angeles, California | October 4, 1910||||||||||||||
Died | December 1, 1980 Newport Beach, California | (aged 70)||||||||||||||
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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 several other California corporations.[6] Later in life, from where he lived in Laguna beach, he ran an avocado farm, an education consultancy and a finance company.[7][8]
He died at the age of 70, in Newport Beach, California.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Finned Horde Bound for East ☆ Card Mermen Seek Honors". The San Francisco Examiner. March 17, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
- ^ "Stanford and Women's Club Swim Winners". The San Francisco Examiner. April 8, 1929. p. 20. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
- ^ "Frank Booth Named Card Swim Captain". The Peninsula Times Tribune. May 1, 1931. p. 9. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
- ^ "Crabbe, 63, sets Oldtimers' Swim Mark". The Los Angeles Times. June 27, 1971. p. 48. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
- ^ Abramson, J. P. (August 10, 1932). "Japs Capture '800'; U.S. Girls Sparkle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 12. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
- ^ a b "Frank E. Booth, Longtime Anaheim Businessman, Dies". The Los Angeles Times. December 9, 1980. p. 36.
- ^ Frank Booth at Olympics.com
- ^ "Olympedia – Frank Booth". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
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 April 14, 2015.