Maurice Frilot

Maurice Frilot grew up in Denver and attended Annunciation High School. He was a corporal in the US Marines Corps at the time of the 1964 Olympics, where he lost his first bout by a unanimous decision. Frilot was a four-time Marine welterweight champion. He never boxed professionally. He won the United States Armed Forces Inter-Service Welterweight Championship in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965, and was runner-up in 1961.

Frilot lived most of his life in the Denver area. His son was an All-State high school football player in Colorado, a lineman who later played at Harvard, earning All-Ivy honors. His daughter also graduated from Harvard in 1987. Maurice Frilot worked as a machinist at Gates Rubber Company from 1965 to 2006, achieving a 41-year perfect attendance record.