- George Calnan
George Charles Calnan (
January 18 ,1900 -April 4 ,1933 ) was aUnited States Navy officer who also competed for theUnited States as a fencer. Competing in threeSummer Olympics , he earned three bronze medals (Indivudual epee: 1928, Team foil: 1932, Team epee: 1932)A native of
Boston, Massachusetts , Calnan did not start fencing until he was a student at theUnited States Naval Academy inAnnapolis, Maryland . By the time he was a senior, he was captain of the Navy's fencing team. Two years later, Calnan competed for the US at the1924 Summer Olympics inParis where he finished tied for fifth in the team epee competition. Calnan took theOlympic Oath at the1932 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles .Calnan was among the 73 fatalities of the USS "Akron" crash in 1933. He had a
lieutenant 's rank at the time of the crash.He was posthumously inducted in the US Fencing Hall of Fame in 1963, among the first inductees.
References
* [http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/calnange.shtml Hickoksport.com biography of Calnan] - accessed June 5, 2008.
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1932 IOC 1932 Summer Olympics]
* [http://usfencinghalloffame.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=52 US Fencing Hall of Fame profile]
*Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Fencing". In "The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980". New York: Penguin Books. pp. 248, 252, 256.
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