William Carr (rower)

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The Olympic champions from Philadelphia 1900

William "Bill" John Carr (born June 17, 1876 in Gortnagrace , County Donegal , † March 25, 1942 in Philadelphia ) was an American rower . William Carr rowed for the Vesper Boat Club Philadelphia .

When the Olympic rowing competitions were held for the first time at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 , the eighth of the Vesper Boat Club was the only American boat at the start. William Carr, Harry DeBaecke , John Exley , John Geiger , Edwin Hedley , James Juvenal , Roscoe Lockwood , Edward Marsh and helmsman Louis Abell won with six seconds ahead of the Belgian eighth. In the year of his Olympic victory, he also won his only US championship.

Carr came to Philadelphia from Ireland in the 1890s and initially worked as a carpenter, later he worked in the building inspectorate in Philadelphia.

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SURNAME Carr, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carr, William John (full name); Carr, Bill (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rower
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Gortnagrace , County Donegal
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1942
Place of death Philadelphia