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

personal data
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