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Dec 01, 1878 United States of America, United States Died on 31 Mar 1965 (aged 86)
American long distance runner
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About William Frank Athlete
- William Gottlieb Frank (December 1, 1878 – March 31, 1965) was an American track and field athlete who was born in Besigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- He arrived in the United States in 1889.
- Frank was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and the Twenty-Second Regiment of the New York National Guard.
- Frank was also a police officer assigned to the New York City Police Department's 74th Precinct.Competing as a member of the New York National Guard, Twenty-second Regiment, Frank won the 3-mile race for the championship of the Military Athletic League in 1905.
- He also won the national indoor 10-mile championship at Madison Square Garden in 1906.He competed for the United States in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece in the 5 mile race and the Marathon, where he came in third place, winning the bronze medal. About 1902 he married Adelaide Wingrove, a native of Astoria, and they had one child, a daughter Adelaide Johanna, in 1903.
