Frederick Semple
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silver | St. Louis 1904 | team |
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 .
Web links
- Frederick Semple in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Semple, Frederick |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Semple, Frederick Humphrey (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American golf and tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1872 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1927 |
Place of death | St. Louis , United States |