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Full name | Frank Dwyer Murphy | |||||||||||
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Born | East Chicago, Illinois | September 21, 1889|||||||||||
Died | June 11, 1980 Urbana, Illinois | (aged 90)|||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Pole Vault | |||||||||||
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Updated on 24 August 2012. |
Frank Murphy (Frank Dwyer Murphy; September 21, 1889 – June 11, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics which were held in Stockholm and where he won a bronze medal in the pole vault event in a three-way tie with William Halpenny and Bertil Uggla.[1] In the pole vault event, Uggla and Murphy failed to clear 3.85 Metres with Halpenny previously withdrawing after breaking two ribs in clearing 3.80 Metres.[1]
He was born in East Chicago, Illinois and died in Urbana, Illinois.[2]