Frank Booth (swimmer)
American swimmer
 The 1932 Stanford Swimming Team, left to right, John McKelvey, Tuppy Gardner, Ted Wiget, Frank Booth and Osborne Clapp.[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Ewen Booth | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1910-10-04)October 4, 1910 Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 1, 1980(1980-12-01) (aged 70) Newport Beach, California | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Los Angeles Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
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
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 became 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
- ^ "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
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
External links
- 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.
- v
- t
- e
- Frank Booth
- Gordon Chalmers
- Buster Crabbe
- Jim Cristy
- George Fissler
- Ralph Flanagan
- Basil Francis
- James Gilhula
- John Paulsen
- Maiola Kalili
- Manuella Kalili
- Robert Kerber
- Edwin Moles
- Albert Schwartz
- Raymond Thompson
- Dan Zehr
  | This article about a swimming Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
