Geoffrey Mason
Olympic athlete
1902 – 1987
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Who was Geoffrey Mason?
Geoffrey Travers Mason Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Geoffrey Travers Mason was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. Responding to a newspaper article in Paris, Mason was invited to join the Olympics. Then, only nineteen days after seeing a bobsled for the very first time, he won a gold medal as part of the victorious U.S. five-man team at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and came home with the American flag from the event. He died in Rumford, Rhode Island.
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- Born
- May 13, 1902
Philadelphia - Also known as
- Geoffrey Travers Mason
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jan 5, 1987
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on July 23, 2013
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