Frederick Semple

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Frederick Humphrey Semple (born December 24, 1872 in St. Louis , Missouri , † December 21, 1927 there ) was an American golf and tennis player.

biography

Frederick Semple played golf at the St. Louis Field Club . At the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis , he was able to win the silver medal in a team competition with the Trans Mississippi Golf Association . In the individual competition , however, he was eliminated in the first round against Mason Phelps . In addition to golf, he also took part in the tennis competitions of the games. He competed in doubles with George Stadel . The duo lost in the first round to Hugh Jones and Harold Kauffman with 1: 6 and 6: 8. Previously, he had won the singles against his doubles partner Stadel in round one and lost in the following round.

Semple was a well-known St. Louis stockbroker who started his own company called Semple, Jacobs & Co. and later became president of the St. Louis Stock Exchange .

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