Frank Schell

Frank Reamer Schell (born October 22, 1884 in Harrisburg , † December 5, 1959 in New Rochelle ) was an American rower . Frank Schell rowed for the Vesper Boat Club Philadelphia .

The eighth of the Vesper Boat Club had already won the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 . Four years later at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis , the helmsman Louis Abell and the batsman John Exley were again in the eight, the other seven rowers, including Frank Schell, were new. In St. Louis, the eighth of the Vesper Boat Club met the eighth of the Argonaut Rowing Club from Toronto, the only 1904 participating boat that did not come from the United States. The Philadelphia team won by three boat lengths.

Frank Schell remained active as a rower for a few years. He later became a career officer in the US Army .

literature

Karl Lennartz : The games of the III. 1904 Olympics in St. Louis . AGON Verlag Kassel 2004 ISBN 3-89784-259-9 (p. 204)

Web links

Frank Schell in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Schell, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schell, Frank Reamer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rower
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Harrisburg
DATE OF DEATH	5th December 1959
Place of death	New Rochelle