George Dietz
George John Dietz (born January 9, 1880 in St. Louis , † April 19, 1965 in New York City ) was an American rower .
At the Olympic Games in St. Louis in 1904, only boats from the United States won the five Olympic boat classes. Four winning boats came from rowing clubs on the east coast. Only in the four without a helmsman did all three boats come from the host city of St. Louis. The Century Boat Club boat with Arthur Stockhoff , August Erker , George Dietz and Albert Nasse won by two boat lengths ahead of the Mound City Rowing Club boat .
George Dietz was later for many years the manager of the Shardell Hotel in St. Louis.
literature
- Karl Lennartz : The games of the III. 1904 Olympics in St. Louis . AGON Verlag Kassel 2004 ISBN 3-89784-259-9 (p. 203)
Web links
- George Dietz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Dietz, George |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dietz, George John (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rower |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1880 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis |
DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1965 |
Place of death | New York City |