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Edward Patrick Francis Eagan (1898-1967) —
also known as Edward P. F. Eagan; Eddie
Eagan —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Denver,
Colo., April 26,
1898.
Son of John William Eagan and Clara (Bartholomew) Eagan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Won the
gold medal as light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Olympics in
Antwerp, Belgium; as member of a four-man bobsleigh team, won another
gold medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New
York; Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1948.
Member, American
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 14,
1967 (age 69 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Benjamin McLaine Spock (1903-1998) —
also known as Benjamin Spock —
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 2,
1903.
Son of Benjamin Ives Spock and Mildred Louise (Stoughton) Spock.
Won an Olympic gold medal in rowing at the 1924 Paris games;
physician;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; author of
influential book, Baby and Child Care; People's candidate for
President
of the United States, 1972; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., March 15,
1998 (age 94 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Edwards Stevenson (1900-1985) —
also known as William E. Stevenson —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1900.
Won Olympic gold medal in 1600 meter relay, 1924; Rhodes
scholar; president
of Oberlin College, 1946-61; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1961-64.
Died in 1985
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932
and 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Robert Bruce Mathias (1930-2006) —
also known as Bob Mathias —
of Tulare, Tulare
County, Calif.; Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Tulare, Tulare
County, Calif., November
17, 1930.
Son of Charles Milfred Mathias and Lillian (Harris) Mathias.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 18th District, 1967-75.
Methodist.
Won Olympic gold medals in decathalon in 1948 and 1952;
starred as himself in a 1954 movie,
"The Bob Mathias Story"; inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of
Fame, 1983.
Died, of cancer, in
Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., September
2, 2006 (age 75 years, 289
days).
Interment at Tulare
Cemetery, Tulare, Calif.
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Wendell Richard Anderson (b. 1933) —
also known as Wendell R. Anderson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
1, 1933.
Member of the U.S. hockey team which won a silver medal at the
1956 Winter Olympics; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1959-63; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1963-67; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1964;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1971-76; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1976-78; defeated
(Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1978.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Warren Bradley (b. 1943) —
also known as Bill Bradley; "Dollar
Bill" —
of Denville, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Crystal City, Jefferson
County, Mo., July 28,
1943.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1988,
1996;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2000.
Protestant.
At the 1964 Olympic Games, won a gold medal as part of the
U.S. basketball team; professional basketball
player for the New York Knicks, 1967-77; elected to the Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1983.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Ronald Ryun (b. 1947) —
also known as Jim Ryun —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., April 29,
1947.
Republican. Silver medallist, 1968 Olympic games; inducted
into National Distance Running Hall of
Fame; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1996-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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