Geoffrey Mason Explained

Geoffrey Travers Mason (May 13, 1902 – January 5, 1987) 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, nineteen days after seeing a bobsled for the 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.[1]

Mason was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Rumford, Rhode Island.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121802/index.htm February 27, 1984 Sports Illustrated