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Full name | William Robert Orthwein | |||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Louis, Missouri | October 16, 1881|||||||||||||||||
Died | October 2, 1955 St. Louis, Missouri | (aged 73)|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle, water polo | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Missouri Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||
College team | Yale University | |||||||||||||||||
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William Robert Orthwein (October 16, 1881 – October 2, 1955) was an American sportsman, attorney, business executive and political activist. [1]
William Robert Orthwein was born on October 16, 1881. His father, William D. Orthwein, was a German-born grain merchant.
Orthwein graduated from Yale University. [2] While at Yale in November 1902, he was arrested on charges of assaulting a ticket seller for a Yale-Harvard football game; [3] one month later, he was fined for it. [4]
Orthwein competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics as a freestyle and backstroke swimmer and water polo player. [2] He won a bronze medal as a member of the American 4x50-yard freestyle relay team and as a member of the Missouri Athletic Club water polo team. He also finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke. [2]
Orthwein received a law degree from the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis. [2]
Orthwein was an attorney. [5] He served as the vice president and general counsel of the Kinloch Telephone Company in 1920. [6] In that capacity, he refused to sell the business to the Bell Telephone Company. [6]
During World War II, he served as a supply commissioner for the City of St. Louis. [5] Meanwhile, Orthwein joined the Republican Party. [5] In 1948, he ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor of Missouri. [5] [7]
Orthwein married Nina Kent Baldwin. They had a son, William R. Orthwein, Jr. [2]
Orthwein died on October 2, 1955, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. [5]
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | William Robert Orthwein | |||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Louis, Missouri | October 16, 1881|||||||||||||||||
Died | October 2, 1955 St. Louis, Missouri | (aged 73)|||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle, water polo | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Missouri Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||
College team | Yale University | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Robert Orthwein (October 16, 1881 – October 2, 1955) was an American sportsman, attorney, business executive and political activist. [1]
William Robert Orthwein was born on October 16, 1881. His father, William D. Orthwein, was a German-born grain merchant.
Orthwein graduated from Yale University. [2] While at Yale in November 1902, he was arrested on charges of assaulting a ticket seller for a Yale-Harvard football game; [3] one month later, he was fined for it. [4]
Orthwein competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics as a freestyle and backstroke swimmer and water polo player. [2] He won a bronze medal as a member of the American 4x50-yard freestyle relay team and as a member of the Missouri Athletic Club water polo team. He also finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke. [2]
Orthwein received a law degree from the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis. [2]
Orthwein was an attorney. [5] He served as the vice president and general counsel of the Kinloch Telephone Company in 1920. [6] In that capacity, he refused to sell the business to the Bell Telephone Company. [6]
During World War II, he served as a supply commissioner for the City of St. Louis. [5] Meanwhile, Orthwein joined the Republican Party. [5] In 1948, he ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor of Missouri. [5] [7]
Orthwein married Nina Kent Baldwin. They had a son, William R. Orthwein, Jr. [2]
Orthwein died on October 2, 1955, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. [5]