1. Edward Patrick Francis Eagan was an American athlete who won a gold medal as a light-heavyweight boxer at the 1920 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in four-man bobsled at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
15 Facts About Eddie Eagan
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Eddie Eagan was born into a modest family in Denver, Colorado.
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Eddie Eagan graduated from Longmont High School and attended college at Denver University for one year, during which time he won the western middleweight boxing title.
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Eddie Eagan competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics, but this time as a heavyweight.
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Eddie Eagan failed to medal, having lost in the first round to Arthur Clifton.
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Eddie Eagan returned to the Olympics eight years later, this time as a member of the bobsled crew of Billy Fiske, who steered to victory at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
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Eddie Eagan became the first of six Olympians to medal in both the Winter and Summer Games, followed by Jacob Tullin Thams, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Clara Hughes, and Lauryn Williams.
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Eddie Eagan is one of two competitors to win gold in both Olympic seasons.
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In 1927 Eddie Eagan married Margaret Colgate, who was a member of the family that founded Colgate-Palmolive.
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Eddie Eagan spent five years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York before joining the United States Army Air Forces.
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Eddie Eagan retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel and earned numerous decorations.
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Eddie Eagan resigned in 1951 to focus on his law practice.
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Eddie Eagan set a world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by scheduled airlines on December 13,1948.
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Eddie Eagan traveled 20,559 miles in 147 hours and 15 minutes stopping at 18 different stations and beat the previous record by 20 hours and 15 minutes.
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Eddie Eagan died at age 70 in New York City and was interred at Greenwood Union Cemetery.