Edgar Davis

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameEdgar Morrison•Davis
Used nameEdgar•Davis
Born7 October 1873 in Alton, Illinois (USA)
Died23 April 1927 in Phoenix, Arizona (USA)
AffiliationsGlen Echo Country Club, St. Louis (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Edgar Davis was a member of the Glen Echo Country Club in St. Louis. He studied law in 1889 and in 1893 became general agent for the German Fire Insurance Company in St. Louis. In 1894 he established Davis & Davis Fire Insurance Agents and in 1900, he bought out his brother and managed the firm on his own, with C. C. Conner and C. W. Davis as junior partners.

Davis later had health issues and moved to the Phoenix area for his health. He died there when he was only 53-years-old after several years of struggling with poor health.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1904 Summer Olympics Golf USA Edgar Davis
Individual, Men (Olympic) DNQ