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'''John Furla''' (August 15, 1870 – May 31, 1938) was a [[Greece|Greek]]-[[United States|American]] [[Track and field|track and field athlete]] who competed in the [[1904 Summer Olympics]]. |
'''John Furla''' (August 15, 1870 – May 31, 1938) was a [[Greece|Greek]]-[[United States|American]] [[Track and field|track and field athlete]] who competed in the [[1904 Summer Olympics]]. |
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In 1904 he was thirteenth in [[Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|marathon competition]]. |
In 1904 he was thirteenth in [[Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|marathon competition]]. |
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Furla, a [[St. Louis]] resident who sold fruit at the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|World's Fair]], later owned the city's largest fruit wholesale company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/spotlight-lone-marker-notes-olympic-marathon-route-but-who-put/article_3b83b36e-a0f4-5f01-9287-d394e63959b9.html |title=Spotlight: Lone marker notes 1904 Olympic marathon route, but who put it up? |last=Holleman |first=Joe |date=May 14, 2016 |publisher=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |access-date=June 20, 2018 |quote=}}</ref> |
Furla, a [[St. Louis]] resident who sold fruit at the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|World's Fair]], later owned the city's largest fruit wholesale company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/spotlight-lone-marker-notes-olympic-marathon-route-but-who-put/article_3b83b36e-a0f4-5f01-9287-d394e63959b9.html |title=Spotlight: Lone marker notes 1904 Olympic marathon route, but who put it up? |last=Holleman |first=Joe |date=May 14, 2016 |publisher=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |access-date=June 20, 2018 |quote=}}</ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath03usm.html list of American athletes] |
*[http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath03usm.html list of American athletes] |
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Revision as of 05:56, 22 September 2018
John Furla (August 15, 1870 – May 31, 1938) was a Greek-American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
In 1904 he was thirteenth in marathon competition.
Furla, a St. Louis resident who sold fruit at the World's Fair, later owned the city's largest fruit wholesale company.[1]
References
- ^ Holleman, Joe (May 14, 2016). "Spotlight: Lone marker notes 1904 Olympic marathon route, but who put it up?". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
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