Joseph Dempsey

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Joseph "Joe" Francis Dempsey (born October 12, 1875 in Philadelphia , † August 7, 1942 ibid) was an American rower .

Joseph Dempsey started rowing with his brothers at the Pennsylvania Barge Club , but later moved to 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 sat again in the eight, the other seven rowers, including Joseph Dempsey, were new. Dempsey's oldest brother, Jim, was the boat's trainer.

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.

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SURNAME Dempsey, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dempsey, Joseph Francis (full name); Dempsey, Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1942
Place of death Philadelphia