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Eddie Eagan

Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (died 1967)

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Born
April 26, 1897
Died
June 14, 1967
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1897

About Eddie Eagan

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. Few athletes have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games; Eagan is the only one to have won gold in each in different events. He graduated from Longmont High School and attended college at Denver University for one year, during which time he won the western middleweight boxing title. In 1923 he won Amateur Boxing Association heavyweight title.

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The world when Eddie Eagan was born

Eddie Eagan was born in 1897. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineKlondike Gold Rush begins in Canada
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical diesel engine built
  • Defining fadKlondike Gold Rush fever
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population70.0M

1897 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Eddie Eagan's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18972026
Population70.0M341 million

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