Peter Donlon
Peter Dwight Donlon (born December 16, 1906 in Port Hueneme , California , † December 14, 1979 in Napa ) was an American rower .
1.85 m tall Peter Donlon graduated from the University of California, Berkeley , and was a member of the rowing team of the University Sports Team Golden Bears . At the 1928 Olympic Games , the eighth of the Golden Bears represented the United States in the line-up of Marvin Stalder , John Brinck , Francis Frederick , William Thompson , William Dally , James Workman , Hubert Caldwell , Peter Donlon and helmsman Donald Blessing . The US rowers won all five races, in the final they defeated the British eighth. In doing so, they established a tradition of the rowing team of the Golden Bears , which also placed eighth in the Olympic final in 1932 and 1948 .
Donlon comes from a family that pioneered citrus growing in Northern California. After completing his studies, he first worked in the family business and later founded a construction company.
Web links
- Peter Donlon in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
literature
- Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The games of the IX. 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam and the II Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2018, ISBN 978-3-89784-411-7 . Pp. 335-340
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SURNAME | Donlon, Peter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donlon, Peter Dwight |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rower |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Hueneme , California |
DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1979 |
Place of death | Napa , California |