Frank Nelson (athlete)

Frank Nelson (athlete)

Frank Thayer Nelson (May 22, 1887 – July 16, 1970) was an American athlete and baseball player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Detroit, Michigan and died in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Nelson competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the pole vault where he won the silver medal.

At the same Olympics he competed in a single baseball match which was held as demonstration sport. Nelson was one of three Americans who played for the Swedish team.

He graduated from Lawrenceville, class of 1906, and Yale, class of 1910. He was a life long member of the Les Cheneaux Club on Marquette Island in northern Lake Huron.

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* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/frank-nelson-1.html profile]


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