Michael Gleason (rower)

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Michael "Mike" Daniel Gleason (born November 16, 1876 in Philadelphia ; † January 11, 1923 there ) was an American rower . James Flanagan 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 sat again in the eight, the other seven rowers 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. In 1905 Gleason took part in the Henley Royal Regatta with a crew from the Vesper Boat Club , the English crew from the Leander Club won .

Gleason was a police officer in Philadelphia.

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SURNAME Gleason, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gleason, Michael Daniel (full name); Gleason, Mike (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1923
Place of death Philadelphia